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PROCEEDINGS 
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CONVENTION OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS, 
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 
SHAonday, the 28th vay of Dune, A. 1. 1847, 
FOR THE PURPOSE OF 


REVIVING AND RE-ORGANIZING THE 


GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER 


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PROCEEDINGS, &c. 


The Convention met in the Hall of St. John’s Lodge, 
No. 1, Wilmington, on Monday, June 28th, A. D. 1847, at 
10 o’clock, A. M., and organized by appointing M. EK. Com- 
panion Lewis Bond, President, and Companion Lewis C. 
Pender, Secretary. 

The credentials of the Delegates were then submitted, 
and M. E: Companion 

| Alfred Martin, and 

Companions P. W. Fanning, Alex’r. McRae, and 

Thos. W. Brown, reported as regularly au- 
thorized Delegates from Concord Chapter, No. 1, Wilming- 
ton. 

M. KE. Companion Lewis Bond, and Companion Lewis 
C. Pender, from Concord Chapter, No. 5, Tarboro’, and 

Companions W. L. Long, I’. S. Marshall, and Chas. N, 
Webb, from Roanoke Chapter, No. 4, Halifax. 

DELEGATES PRESENT: 
M. E. Companion Lewis Bond, 
« Heats Alfred Martin, 

Companions P. W. Fanning, 
Thos. W. Brown, 
Wm. L. Long, 
F.S. Marshall, 
Chas. N. Webb, and 
Lewis C. Pender. 

The following Preamble and Resolutions were offered 
by Companion P. W. Fanning, and adopted: 

WHEREAS, various and peculiar circumstances have caus- 
ed a suspension of the regular convocations of the Grand 
Royal Arch Chapter of the State of North Carolina for se- 
veral years, the surviving Chapters of the State, for the 
purpose of correcting any irregularities consequent upon 
such suspension, have appointed Delegates, with full pow- 
ers to revive and re-organize said Grand Royal Arch Chap- 
ter; and said Delegates having now met in Convention, 
and being duly organized, therefore 

Resolved, That it is expedient to revive the Grand Royal 


Arch Chapter of the State of North Carolina, in accord- 


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ance with the wishes of the surviving Chapters here repre- 
sented; and 

Resolved Further, ‘That the President appoint a committee 

of three, consisting of one delegate from each chapter here 
_ represented, to revise and amend the Grand Royal Arch 
Constitution of the State, making it conform in every partic- 
ular to the existing Constitution of the General Grand Roy- 
al Arch Chapter of the United States, and to prepare By- 
_Laws for the- government of the said Grand Royal Arch 
~ Chapter. 
Whereupon, the President appointed M. E. Companion 
A. Martin, of Concord Chapter, No. 1, Wilmington, Com- 
panions Lewis C. Pender, of Concord Chapter, No. 5, 'Tar- 
_ boro’, and Wm. L. Long, of Roanoke Chapter, No. 4, Hal- 
ifax, to compose said committee, and on motion, the Presi- 
dent was added to the committee. The following rules of 
_ order were then adopted for the government of this con- 
~ vention: 

1. ‘The President shall put all questions which are mov- 
ed and seconded, decide all rules of order, and in case of 
dissatisfaction, appeal may be had to a majority of the 
- House, and should there be a tie, he shall then be entitled 
- to a casting vote. 

__ 2, All questions shall be decided by a majority, each del- 
egation being entitled to three votes. 

38. Any subject may be reconsidered, and upon motion 
made and seconded, a majority concurring therewith. 

On motion, the convention adjourned to meet again this 
evening at 8 o’clock. 


MonpDay EVENING, 28TH June, A. D, 1847. 
The convention met pursuant to adjournment. 
DELEGATES PRESENT: 
M. & Gompanion Lewis Bond, 
' A. Martin, 
i P. W. Fanning, 
“ A. McRae, 
Cred T. W. Brown, 
4 W. L. Long, 


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gf FE. S. Marshall, 
Chas. N. Webb, 
Lewis C. Pender. 

The convention was called to order; it was on motion 

Resolved, ‘That the President appoint an engrossing com- 
mittee of three to prepare the proceedings of this convention 
for publication, and that two hundred copies of the same be 
printed. 

The President appointed on that committee M. Ei. Com- 
panion A. Martin, Companions P. W. Fanning and T’. W. 
Brown. 

The committee appointed to revise and amend the Con- 
stitution and By-Laws of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter 
of the State made their report, which, on motion, was re- 
ceived; and the Constitution and By-laws reported by 
them unanimously adopted. 

The following resolution was offered and adopted: 

Resolved, 'That the fees charged by the subordinate Chap- 
ters in this State forthe several degrees authorized by 
their Charters, shall not be less than ‘T'wenty dollars, which 
sum shall invariably be enclosed in the eandidate’s petition. 

On motion, the convention proceeded to the election of 
the Officers of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the 
State, which resulted in the election of 

M,,E:. Comp’n Alfred Martin, Grand H. P. 

e « ‘Companion Chas. N. Webb, Grand K. 
: ‘s A. P. Repiton, Grand 8. 
4 “ Thos. W. Brown, Grand Treasurer. 
. “4 Lewis C. Pender, Grand Secretary. 

The convention adjourned until to-morrow morning, at 

10 o'clock. 


Tuespay Mornine, June 297u, A. D. 1847. 
The convention met pursuant to adjournment. 
DELEGATES PRESENT: 
M. E. Companion Lewis Bond, 
M. E.. Companion A. Martin, 
Companion P. W. Fanning, 
4 T. W. Brown, 


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eo Oity SAAS Le oan, 
is C. N. Webb, 
‘ F. S. Marshall, 
x ‘Lewis C. Pender. 
The proceedings of the convention were read and approv- 
ed. 
On motion, the convention proceeded to the election of 


the remaining three Officers, which-resulted in the choice of 


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Comp’n Isaac Northrop, Deputy G. H. P. 
Rev. Comp’n Thos. G. Lowe, G. Chaplain. 
Comp’n J. T. Miller, G. Marshal. 
‘The convention then adjourned until 3 o’clock this after- 
noon. 


Turspay Evenine, June 297Tn, A. D., 1847. 
The convention met pursuant to adjournment. 
DELEGATES PRESENT: 
an me Companion Lewis Bond, 


6 A. Martin, 
Companions P. W. Fanning, ° 
| 'T. W. Brown, : 
Wm. L. Long, a, 
Chas. N. Webb, ere 
F. S. Marshall, ; 
Lewis C. Pender. bs 


The proceedings of this morning being read and approv- 
ed, the convention appointed Past H.P. P. W. Fanning 
to install the Officers elect of the Grand Chapter, and then 
took a recess of two hours for the purpose of opening the 
Grand Chapter, and installing the Officers. After the in- 
stallation, the convention met agreeably to adjournment. 

The following resolution was offered and adopted. 

Resolved, 'Vhat the thanks of this convention be and they 
are hereby tendered to the President and secretary, for the. 
very able and satisfactory manner in which they have dis- 
charged the duties of their respective offices. 

The convention having finished all the business brought 


before it, and fulfilled all the duties of its appointment, on 
- motion, adjourned, sine die. 


LEWIS C. PENDER, Secretary. 


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vrinminGiuN, N.C., JUNE 29TH, 1847, A. L., 5847. 
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter, of the State of North 
Carolina, convened in the Hall of St. John’s Lodge, No. 
1, Wilmington, on Tuesday the 29th day June, A. D., 1847. 
PRESENT: 
mom. Compn PW. Fanning, -G. HP), P..'T. 


BS a Niarshalby Guslcrakes |. 
" Wenli tone, Gost. D, 
$4 Lewis Bond, G..Cy He Pe wis 
$6 Chas. N. Webb, G. P. S., P. T. 
4 LNorthtoms Gu kA. CauPe Te 


A A. NMartingGry MM. 3p,.V a Been 1 
Dt Aa wh eplton, Gavi. 2 Vem eae kL. 
é6 T. W. Brown, G. M. lst. V.. Po T: 

‘et J. Banks, G. T. 

The Grand Chapter being opened in solemn form, M. 
E,. Companion P. W. Fanning proceeded to install M. E. 
Companion A. Martin, Grand High Priest, elect, who then 
took the chair, and installed the following Grand Officers: 

-~ Companion I. Northrop, D. G. H. P. 
‘ Chas: N. Webb, G. K. 
: A: P. Repiton, G. 8. 
ib We Brownke GT" 
ff Lewis C, Pender. G. 8. 

Rewd. «“ Thos. G. Lowe, G: C. by proxy. 

mn fs J.T. Miller, G. M. $6 “ 

The following Resolutions were offered and adopted: 

Resolved, That the M. E. G. High Priest, on application, 
be authorized to revive any dormant Chapter in this State, 
provided that in his opinion the interest of Royal Arch Ma- 
sonry will be thereby promoted, requiring from each Chap- 
ter so revived the payment of the sum of Fifteen Dollars, 
and that he be authorized to appoint a deputy to inquire 
into the condition of dormant Chapters making such appli- 
cation. 

Resolved, That the M. E. G. High Priest, make inquiry, 
and endeavor to get possession ot the Furniture, Books, Pa- 
pers, and Funds belonging to the Grand Chapter at the 
time of its suspension; and that any expense that may be 
eee incurred, be paid out of the funds of this Grand 

apter. 

Resolved, That the Chapters subordinate to this Grand 


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Chapter, be required to pay over to the G. Treasurer the 
amount of their ‘Tax for one year in advance, 

The Grand Chapter then called from labor to refresh- 
ment until 8 o'clock, this evening, when it again called on, 
and no further business being brought before it, 1t was then 


iB closed 1 in solemn form. 


LEWIS C. PENDER, G. Secretary. 


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THE 


GRAND ROYAL ARCH CONSTITUTION 


FOR THE 


STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


ARTICLE 1. 

The Grand Chapter shall consist of a Grand High Priest, 
Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King, Grand Seribe, 
Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, Grand Chaplain, and 
Grand Marshal; and likewise of the High Priests, Kings, 


~ and Scribeg for the time being ot the subordinate Chapters 
_ under this jurisdiction, and the Past Grand and Deputy 


Grand High Priests, Kings, and Scribes of said Grand’ 
Chapter, and the said enumerated officers, or their proxies,’ 
shall be the only members and _ votersin said Grand Chap» 
ter: provided, that in all cases where the number of votes 
shall be equal, the Grand High Priest shall have two votes,” 
otherwise he shall have but one, and no Companion cai 
represent more than one Chapter at the same time, and no” 
proxy shall be recognized unless he be a member of the 
ie he represents. 


ARTICLE 2. . 

The Grand Chapter shall meet annually on a sécond _ 
Monday 1 in June, in the town of Wilmington, N.C < until | 
its convocation in June, A. D. 1851, at which time a | con- 
vention shall be called to determine as to the expediency of 


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continuing its convocations in that place, or holding them 
at some place which may have become more central by the 
‘establishment of subordinate Chapters in other parts of the 
State. And the M, E. High Priest shall govern and pre- 
side over this Grand Chapter when present, and in his ab- 
sence, the Deputy Grand High Priest, King or Scribe, shall 
preside, taking precedence according torank. The Grand 
or Deputy Grand High Priest respectively may call special 
meetings, to be holden at such time and place as they shall 
severally think proper to appoint. 
ARTICLE 3. 

The Officers of the Grand Chapter‘shall be chosen by 
ballot, at each annual convocation in June, and in case the 
regular convocation should, by any casualty, not be held, 
the Grand officers shall sustain their respective offices until 
successors are duly elected and qualified. 

ARTICLE 4. 

Every Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and Lodge of 
Mark Master Masons within this State, shall have a war- 
rant of Constitution from the Grand Chapter under the 
seal thereof, and under the sign manual of its Grand or 
Deputy Grand High Priest, King, and Scribe, and attested 
by its Secretary, or Letters of Dispensation from the Grand 
or Deputy ‘Grand High Priest; and no Chapter or Lodge 
shall be deemed legal without such warrant or Letters of 
Dispensation. And the Grand or Deputy Grand High 
Priests, severally, shall have power and authority, whenev- 
er they shall deem it expedient, during the recess of the 
Grand Chapter, to grant letters of Dispensation, under their 
respective hands and private seals, to a competent number 
of petitioners possessing the qualifications required by the 
9th section of the 2d article of the Grand Royal Arch Con- 
stitution, empowering them to open a Chapter of Royal 
Arch Masons, and Lodge of Most Excellent, Past and Mark 
Master Masons, for a certain specified time. Provided, that 
the said term of time shall not extend beyond the next sta- 
ted meeting of the Grand Chapter, and provided further, 
that the same fees as are hereinafter required for a warrant 
of Constitution shall have been deposited with the Grand | 
Treasurer. And in all cases of such Dispensation, the of- 
ficer granting the same, shall make report thereof to the 
- next stated meeting of the Grand Chapter, when the Grand 

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Chapter may either continue or recall such Dispensation; 

or grant the petitioners a warrant of Constitution, in which 
latter event, the fees first deposited shall be credited in pay- 
ment of the same. But if a warrant shall not be granted, 

nor the Dispensation continued, the said fees shall be re- 
funded 1o the petitioners, except such part thereof as shall 
have been actually expended by reason of their application. 


ARTICLE 5. 


Upon every application for a warrant or Charter from 
this Grand Chapter, to constitute a new Chapter, there 
shall be advanced and paid to the Grand ‘Treasurer, the 
sum of Fifty Dollars before said warrant or charter shall be 
issued, whereof the Grand Secretary shall receive ‘Ten Dol- 
lars by way of compensation for furnishing parchment for 
said Charter or Warrant, and having thesame elegantly 
printed. 


ARTICLE 6. 


The several subordinate Chapters in this State, shall each 
pay to this Grand Chapter the sum of Fifteen Dollars an- 
nually. 


ARTICLE 7. 


No Warrant for the institution of a new Chapter of Roy- 
al Arch Masons shall be granted, except upon the petition 
of nine regular Royal Arch Masons; which petition shall 
be accompanied by a certificate from the Chapt® nearest 
the place where the new Chapter is intended to be opened, 
vouching for the moral character of the petitioners, and re- 

cp enging to the Grand Chapter to grant their prayer. 


ARTICLE 8. 


“The Grand Secretary of this Chapter shall make an an- 
nual communication to each of the Grand Secretaries of the 
several Grand Chapters working under the authority of the 
General Grand Chapter of the United States; and also the 

~ General Grand Secretary, containing a list of the Grand 
officers, and all such other matters as may be deemed ne- 
cessary. or useful, for the mutual information of said Grand 
Chapters. And the said Grand Secratary shall also regu- 
larly transmit to the General Grand Secretary a copy of the 
By-laws and regulations of this Grand Chapter, with the 
amendments thereto. | 


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| ARTICLE 9. 

‘The Secretaries of the several subordinate Chapters and 
Lodges shall make report to the Grand Chapter at its an- 
nual meeting, of all such advancements, exaltations, sus- 
pensions, expulsions, deaths, or resignations, as may have 
taken place in his Chapter during the year, and shall at the 
same time transmit the annual dues, with a list of officers 
and members. 

ARTICLE 10. 

No subordinate Chapter shall confer any degree but up- 
on application made in writing filed ata regular communi- 
cation, unless in cases of emergency, so deemed by a ma- 
jority of the members present; and upon ballot, if two 
black balls appear upon two trials, the prayer of the peti- 
tioner is rejected. Should only one black ball appear and 
no satisfactory reasons be given to the Chapter, the degrees 
shall be conferred and the candidate become a member 
thereof upon signing the By-laws. 

ARTICLE 11. 

Any member of a subordinate Chapter dissatisfied with a 
decision thereof, may appeal tothe Grand Chapter, and 
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of such Chapter to 
transmit to the Grand Chapter at its next convocation, an 
official statement of the proceedings had thereon, counter- 
signed by the High Priest or presiding officer. 

ARTICLE 12. 

No officer of this Grand Chapter shall hold an office in 
any subordinate Chapter, working under the jurisdiction of . 
the Grand Chapter. 

ARTICLE 13. 

Whenever there shall be a dissolution of any of the Chap- 
ters under this jurisdiction, or whenever any such Chapter 
shall incur a forfeiture of its charter; in either of those ca- 
ses the funds and furniture at that time belonging to such 
Chapter, shall become, and they are hereby declared to be 
the property of this Grand Chapter; and the Grand offi- 
cers, or any one of them may demand, recover and take 
possession thereof for the benefit of the Grand Chapter. 

ARTICLE 14. : 

This Grand Chapter shall have power from time to time 

to pass all such By-laws resolutions and edicts, and do all 


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other matters and things for the government of itself and 
the general good of Masonry as may be deemed expedient. 
ARTICLE 15. 

This constitution may be altered or amended at any con- 
vention called by a majority of the subordinate Chapters 
working under this jurisdiction, with the approbation of 
two-thirds of the voters present, and not. otherwise. 


BY-LAWS 


OF THE 


GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER 


OF THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


ARTICLE 1. 

It shal] be the duty of the several officers of the Grand. 
Chapter to attend the stated meetings thereof, either in per- 
son or by proxy. . 

ARTICLE 2. 

The Grand High Priest, or in his absence, the senior 
officer present, shall take the chair precisely at the hour to: 
which the Grand Chapter stands adjourned, and shall im- 
mediately upon the appearance of a quorum, open the 
Grand Chapter in due form. | 

ARTICLE 3. 

At every sitting of each annual convention of the Grand. 
Chapter, the minutes of the preceding sitting shall be read, 
and if requisite, corrected. 

ARTICLE 4. 

‘It shall be the duty of the presiding officer at all times 
to preserve order, and to endeavor to conduct all business 
before the Grand Chapter, to.a speedy and proper result. 


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ARTICLE 5. 

The presiding officer may speak to points of order in pre- 
ference to other members, and. shall decide all questions of 
order, subject toan appeal to the Grand Chapter by any 
member seconded. 

ARTICLE 6. , 

Business left unfinished at the last sitting is ordinarily to 
be taken up first. 

ARTICLE 7. 

A motion made, must be seconded and afterwards re- 
peated by the presiding officer, or read aloud before it is de- 
bated; and every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the 
presiding officer or any member require it. 

| ARTICLE 8. 

Any member whe shall have made a motion may with- 
draw it with the consent of his second, before any debate has 
taken place thereon, but not afterwards without the permis- 
sion of the Grand Chapter. 

| ARTICLE 9. 

On questions. of order, postponement or commitment, no 
member shall speak more than once; on all other questions, 
except adjournment, on which. ne discussion will be allow- 
ed, each member may speak twice but not oftener, without 
the express permission of the Grand Chapter. 

ARTICLE 10. 

When a question is under debate, no motion shall be re- 
ceived, except to amend it, to commit it, to postpone it, or 
lay it on the table. 

ARTICLE 11. | 
An amendment may be made on any motion, and shall 
be decided before the original motion. 
ARTICLE 12. 

If amotion under debate contain several parts, any mem- 
ber seconded, may have it divided, and a question taken on 
each part. 


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ARTICLE 13. : 

A question shall not be again called up or re-considered 
at the same meeting of the Grand Chapter at which it has 
been decided except by the consent of two-thirds of the 
members present, and unless the motion to reconsider be 
made by a member who voted with the majority. 


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ARTICLE 14. 

Every member when speaking shall rise and respectfully 
address the chair, and shall treat his fellow-members with 
_ decorum and respect. 

ARTICLE 15. 

No speaker shall be interrupted unless he be out of or- 

der, or for the purpose of correcting mistakes or misrepre- 
sentations. 3 
. ARTICLE 16. 

If more than one member rise to speak at the same time, 

the presiding officer shall decide w hich shall first be heard. 


ARTICLE 17. 

If any member act in any respect in a disorderly man- 
ner, it shall be the privilege of any member, and the duty 
of the presiding officer, to call him to order. 

ARTICLE 18. | 

If any memher consider himself aggrieved by the de- 
cision of the Grand High Priest or other officer presiding 
for the time being, it shall be his privilege to appeal to the 
Grand Chapter, and the question on such decision shall be 
taken without debate. 

ARTICLE 19. 

All committes shall be appointed by the apasiainie offi- 
cer for the time being, cxcept when otherwise directed by 
the Grand Chapter. __ 

ARTICLE 20. 

The person first named on any committee shall be con- 
sidered the chairman thereof, whose duty it shall be to con- 
vene the committee, and in ease of his absence or inability 
to act, the second named member shall take his place and 
perform his duties. : 

ARVICLE 21. 
_ ‘The yeas and nays shall not be recorded unless it be re- 
~ quired by one-third of the members present. 
% ARTICLE 22. 

No member shall retire from the room while the Grand 
Chapter is sitting without the permission of the presiding 
officer, nor return home without the consent of the Grand 
Chapter. 

ARTICLE 23. 
Visiting companions shall not vote on any question or 


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petition before the Grand Chapter, but may be heard in 
debate, with the consent of a majority of the members pre- 
sent. 

ARTICLE 24. 

The Grand High Priest, or in case of his death or resig- 
nation, the Deputy Grand High Priest, shall be authorized 
at all times to draw upon the Grand Treasurer for any sums 
of money that shall be necessary to defray the expenses 
which may be incurred by the Grand Chapter. 

ARTICLE 25. 

The Grand Treasurer shall deliver tothe Standing com- 
mittee, immediately preceding the annual election of offi- 
cers, a Statement of all accounts, and of the funds of the 
Grand Chapter, and also of all delinquencies. 

ARTICLE 26. 

All subjects on which questions ane to be taken (except 
such as are especially provided for) shall be decided by a 
majority, and in case of an equal number of votes, the mo- 
tion, question or resolution shall be considered as lost. 


a ARTICLE 27. 

Tne Most Excellent Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand 
High Priest, Grand King, and Grand Scribe, shall form a 
Standing committee, any two of whom may act, whose duty 
it shall be to adjust all claims against the Grand Chaptor, to 
examine the Treasurer’s Books and accounts annually, and 
at every election of officers to report to the Grand Chapter 
the state of the funds; to which committee all applications for 
charity shall be referred; and for that purpose the said com- 
mittee shall have authority to draw on the Grand. ‘Treasurer. 

} ARTICLE 28. 

The members of the Grand Chapter shall atevery meet- 

ing appear in Royal Arch sashes and aprons. 
ARTICLE 29. 

Those persons officiating as Grand Tyler and Grand 
Steward shall receive One Dollar each for every sitting of 
the Grand Chapter. 

ARTICLE 30. 

The Grand Secretary, in addition to the duties prescrib- 
ed in the 9th article of the constitution of this Grand Chap- 
ter, shall transmit to each member, aunually, a copy of the 


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proceedings, for which service he shall receive tthe sum of 
‘Ten Dollars per annnm. 
ARTICLE 31. ' 
The By-laws shall be read at the commencement of every 
meeting. : 
ARTICLE 32. 
There shall be no alteration or amendment to these By- 
laws, except with the concurrence ef two-thirds of the mem- 
ibers present at an annual meeting. 


PROCEEDINGS 
GRAND ROVAL ARCH CHAPTER, 
NORCH CAROLE As 
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SECOND ANNUAL CONVOCATION 
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| PROCEEDINGS OF » 
The second Annual Convocation of the M. E. Grand | Royal 
Arch. Chapter of North Carolina, begun and held an the 
- Hall of St. John’s Lodge No. 1, in Wilmington on Monday 
the 12th day of June, A. L. 5848, R. A. M. 2378. 
PRESENT : pas 
M. E. Alfred Martin, ro G. iL Priest, ae 
» M._E. Isaae Northrop, D. G. H. ity we 
_M. E. Lewis Bond, G. K,, p. t. 
“ A. P. Repiton, G. Se be 
«T. W. Brown, G. 'T. (ae 
« ‘Lewis C. Paaaer. Ca 
Dy “McMillan, G. M., p. t 
“ Wm. G. Hill, G. CH, pt. 
bs L. R. Loftin, Oe PHS.,.p.t. am 
“ G. W. Wallacd "9G. RS Ag ps tae 
© R. G. Rankin, ©  G. M. 8 Veil, p.t 
‘*. P. W. Fanning, ae ea yeah 
i aE Burr, Lik, © Gael” “i p. t 
at “ "Thos. Marshall, og: Tsu: Dabs 
Anil the Representatives from the Follower Bro aginate 
“pie §©=Ohapters..™ 
Seopa Chapter No. yw P. W. Fanning, R. G. Rankin, ae Wm. 
~~. * W. Harriss, 


Cypcords woaniel No. 5, Lewis Bond, 





Shion Chapter No. ‘7, nder aE seheation, L. R. Loftin, and 
G. W. Wallace. 


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The Grand Chapter was then opened in solemn form. — 
Visiters.—Coipgnion si A. “Taylbr, 8. Teller, .E. Wolf 
H. Royal, .G. Polléck, and ‘Dy Burr). JR. em ste 


The following sianding Comniittees were then appointed by 
the M. E.G. HL. P. ( tf ° 
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On Credentiais.*Companions Hill, and Bond. 
On Accounis.—Companions McMillan, and Rankin. 


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On Returns from Subordinate Chapters.—Companions F'an- 
; . ae Fone : 
ning, Rankin and Hill. 


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On Woreign %bmmunications,—Coms. Fanning, Rankin, 
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On Dispensatrons.—Com. McMillan, anning and Rankin. 
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On Proceedings of Subordinate Chapters.—Com. Fanning, 
and Harriss. ° « : ae va 
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4 Pain at em. ’ 
‘The Grand Chapter, was then called off until 3°P. M. * 


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Lae od 
w HS eliree o'clock, P.M. 
‘The M. E. Grand Chapter resumed labor. Com. Hill, from 
thé Committee on’ Credentials, made the following Report : 
The omimittee appointed to examine the Credentials of Del- 
egates, have performed that duty, and beg leave to report, that 
the Credentials from the following Chapters, were examined 
and found correct. cA . 
ee P. Delegates. 5 on 
From Concord Chapter No. 1, Wilmington, Coms..P.WW. © 
Fanning, R. &. Rankin, W. W. Harriss. Concord Chapter No. 5, 
Tarboro, Com. Lewis Bond. Raleigh Chapter No. 10, Raleigh, 
Com. Wm. G. Hill. Rye v ne 
. Respectfully submitted. Tore 
| Wa. Go Hin, Chairman. 


Com. Fanning, moved, that the reading of the By-Laws be 
dispensed with—each member being in “Possession of a copy 
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which was unanimously adopted. 





The M. BE. G. H. Priest submitted the g Onin Annual 
, Report 2 be , v 
To the M. EF. G. Chapter of North Cnnolinen 
CoMPANIONS, # 


It is with no ordinary. ‘emotions of pleasure, that 1 find 
myself permitted to greet you on this occasion. 


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Twelve months have not yet passed away, since a small num- 
ber of Companions assembled in this Hall, and their zeal for the 
interest and prosperity of the Order, was then manifested in a 
determination to devote every energy of mind and body to the 
great work of re-building the ‘Temple of Royal Arch Masonry in 
the State of North Carolina.* And like the remnant of the tribes 
of Israel on their return from Babylon; though they might weep 
over the dessolation that sat brooding upon the vielen altars of 
their beloved Institution, were nevertheless resolved that the 
object of their fondest hopes should yet be accomplished. And I 
am truly happy to find its ioundation at least, go nearly completed, 
as to inspire us with a reasonable hope that ere long the diffusive 
influence of its pure and sublime principals may reach the 
utmost bounds of our State. ie 

Though our numbers are yet insignificant, I trust to find zeal 
and ability sufficient to prosecute to its final completion the 
great work so happily b egun. Nie 

in the discharge of the duties of my office I have had occasion 
to rejoice at the general anxiety expressed from all quarters to 
establish new Chapters, or revive those whose labors have been 
so long suspended; but the great difficulty seems to be the small 
number of Companions, residing in any one district. 


Many of the Chapters of this State suspended i in 1833, and in 
consequence of the removal by death, or otherwise, of most of their 
members have not a sufficient rarer! left to re- organize. 

In compliance with a resolution of this body at its convocatio 
June last. I have on application, revived Raleigh Chapter No. 10, 
‘at Raleigh, and Eureka Chapter No.7, at Newbern. I have 
also granted Dispensations for two new Chapa one in Duplin 
County, to be called Union ye No. 17, and ‘hia other_in ms 









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The Books, Papers and Seal, belonging to the Grand Chapter 
at the time of its suspension, | have received from Com. E. B. 
Freeman, at Raleigh ; invegard to its funds, I have been able to 
learn nothing definite. A Communication, herewith submitted 
No. 1, will give all the information I have been able to obtain on 
that subject. 

On the second of September last, | forwarded to the Secretary 
of the General Grand Chapter, a copy of the proceedings of our 
Convention held here in June, with a request that he should lay 
it before that body at its next session for approval and confirma- 
tion, and asking that ours might be admitted into the family of 
"Grand Chapters of which it was composed; and in December, I 
received from that officer the printed proceedings, of the September 
session he at Columbus Ohio, which are herewith submitted. 
I find that the Committee to which our proceedings were referred 
in their Report, recommend that we shall’be recognized as a 
Legal Grand Chapter, on certain conditions, which report being 
adopted, it becomes necessary for us to comply with the require- 
ments of those conditions, which are, that we shall amend the 
Ath, 5th, 10th and 14th, and strike out the 12th Articles of our 

_ present Constitution. 


Being one of the Com’tte that drew up that Constitution, Lwould 
state m regard to Article 4th, that it is an Article of the old Con- 
stitution of this Grand Chapter, adopted by us with the intention 
of striking out so much of it as contemplated the Chartering of 
Mark Lodges, Independent of Chapters—but in preparing it for 
the Press the whole Article was inadvertently inserted. 

In apology for the admission of such of the other Articles as 
conflict with the General Grand Constitution, [ must plead the short 
space of time allotted to the Com’tee to prepare and report that Con- 
stitution, rendering it impossible’ for them to give it that careful 
consideration that its importance demanded. And I would take 
this occasion to endeavor to impress upon this Grand body, the 
great, and I may say almost vital importance, of allowing Com- 
mittees sufficient time; that they may devote to such subjects as are 
referred to them, that careful deliberation and research, that should 
characterise all our proceedings—for it must be remembered the 
they are to be submitted to the scrutiny of the General Grand Chap 
ter, and we shall therefore take rank among our sister Grand Chap- 






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ters according to the Masonic ability that shall be displayed in 
those proceedings. | 

T would recommend a revision of our Constitution, and that 
the articles referred to be so amended as to conform to the require- 
ments of the General Grand Constitution. ' 


I find nothing further in the proceedings of the General Grand 
Chapter, that I deem it important I should bring particularly to 
your attention. 


I have received the proceedings of but a very small number of 
Grand Chapters, and find nothing in them requiring special 
notice. 


IT have received a communication from Kureka Chapter No. 7, 
Newbern, which I herewith submit, conveying the melancholy 
intelligence of the death, within a few months past, of three of 
their members. And also the removal from that Jurisdiction, of 
their presiding officer, and one other member, by which their 
number—barely a Constitutional one—is now reduced to four. 
We may therefore expect no Representative from that Chapter. 


[ cannot submit this report, without expressing the hope, that 
my inexperience in the duties of the honorable and important 
station to which you were pleased to appoint me, will induce you 
to cast the mantle of Masonic charity over any errors that T may 
have committed in the discharge of those duties. 


I trust that the Union and Harmony that should ever distinguish 
us as Masons, may shed its influence over all the deliberations 
of our present Convocation, and that we may be enabled here 
to form a nuclus around which shall, ere long be gathered, the 
brightest ornaments of our Institution. A. MARTIN. 


On motion of Companion Fanning, it was unanimously 


Resolved, That the very interesting Communication of our M. E. G. H. Priest, be 
spread upon the Minutes, and printed with the proceedings. 


That the M. E. G. H. P., submit the several subjects of his 
Address.to a Committee, or Committees to be appointed by the 
Chair. Coms. Fanning, Hill and Rankin, were Paget said 


Committee. 


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The following Resolution of Com. Fanning was offered and 
adopted. 

Resolved, That the M. E. G. H. P., be requested to Lecture on the several Chapter 
Degrees, on some convenient aeration during the sitting of this Grand Chapter, and 
that he call to his aid, such Companions as he may think proper to select. 

The following Resolution was adopted, 

Resoleed, That the Grand Chapter proceed to elect its Officers to-morrow afternoon 

at four o’clock. c 
The Grand Chapter, then called off from labor to Refreshment 
until half past seven o’clock, P. M. 


Flalf past Seven o'clock, P. M. 


The Grand Chapter resumed labor. Com. D. McMillan, from 
the Committee on Dispensations, made the following report, 
which was received and adopted. 


Report of Committee on Dispensations and Charters. 

The Committee to whom has been entrusted, the subject of 
Dispensations and Charters beg leave to report: 

That they have before them a petition from the Companions of 
Union Chapter No. 17. Duplin County, to whom a Dispensation 
was granted in September last, asking (for reasons therein set 
forth) that a Charter be granted them. "Therefore your Com- 
mittee would most respectfully recommend that a Charter be 
granted by this M. E. Grand body. 


A Communication from Eureka Chapter No. 7, Newbern, has 
also been placed in the hands of the Committee. Who, in view 
of the unfortunate situation of said Chapter, occasioned by cir- 
cumstances beyond their control, would recommend that further 
time be allowed for the re-organization of the same, so that regu- 
lar returns be made at the next Annual © bHvaeetion: of this 
Grand Chapter. 

Also a Communication from ©. H. J prfiby one of the applicants 
for a Dispensation, for Gaston Chapter No. 18, Roxbor’o, Person 
County, setting forth their inability to organize, and mf: re- 
turns at the present Grand Convocation, owing to the distance 
that the Companion resides from each other. Your Committee 


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Respectfully recommend that the Dispensation be continued in 
force until the next Annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter. 


All of which is most Respectfully Submitted, 


D. McMruuan, Chairman. 
R. G. RankIn, 
P. W. Fannine. 
The Grand Chapter was then closed in solemn form to meet 
again at 3 o'clock, to-morrow afternoon. 
L. C. PEnpER, Grand Secretary. 


Three o'clock, P. M. 
The Grand Chapter convened pursuant to appointment. 


PRESENT : 

M. EK. Alfred Martin, G. H. Priest. 

“ © Louis Bond, Ge I ps t 

ue RG. Rankin, GaSe pac 
Tra. VV. Brown, Cee: 

eee baa, Benger, Gus : 
ora DSW Manning, G. M., p. t. 

rise WW Gre PELTEL, Ge: CP EE} pit 

ae ee Ro Eottin: GPS pit 
OT WV VV AUC, GR. As Gs pee 
¢. « W. W. Harriss, G. M. 3 Veil, p. t 
foe aa Wolfe; Chie a Ste eb 
« “ Henry Simpson, Co is te aa. t 
suet .. Banka Grae ly. 


And the following Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
Concord No.1, P. W. Fanning, R.G. Rankin, and W. W. Harriss. 
Concord No. 5, Louis Bond. 

Raleigh No. 10, W. G. Hill, ‘ 
Union No. 17, Under Dispensation, L. R. Loftin, G. W. Wallace. 


» Visiters—Companions E. Wolfe, Henry Simpson, S. Teller, 
J. Griswold, J. Wright, T. Burr, Jr., and G. Pollock. 


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The Grand, CADE opened in solemn form and Resolved 

itself} into a Committee of the whole. 

Companion A. Martin, in the Chair, for the purpose of electing 
Officers for the ensuing year. 

The Committee rose and reported the following Companions 
duly elected: 
M. E: ee Alfred Martin, of Wilmington, G. H. P. 


“te P. W. Patines + G. K. 
6 M i. L. Winslow, of Fayetteville, G.S. 
666 a T’. W. Brown, of Wilmington, G. T. 
gb ce? «“ L. C. Pender, of Tarboro, G. S. 
wo 6 «“ Rev. J. A. Shepard of Washing- 
ton County, G. Chaplain. 
Fl osisft ‘ W. S. Baker, of Edgecombe, G. Marshal. 


The M. E. G. H. Priest, appointed Com. W. G. Hill, of Raleigh, 
D. G. H. Priest, and Com. John Banks, of Wilmington, G. 'T'yler. 


The following Resolution submitted by Companion Rankin, 
was adopted, 


Resolved, That the Installation of Officers of the Grand Chapter, take place to- 
morrow at 3 o’clock, P. M. 


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Companion G. W. Wallace, asked and obtained leave of absence 
for the balance of this session. 


The Grand Chapter, then called off from labor to Refresh- 
ment until half past seven o’clock, P. M. 


Tuesday Evening Half past Seven o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Chapter resumed. labor. 

The Committee on the Address of the M. E. G.H. P., submit- 
ed, through Companion Rankin, the following report, which was 
received and adopted. . 

The Committee to who: was referred the Address of the M. E. 
G. H. Priest, and accomp anying documents, have had the same 
under consideration, and beg leave to report : 






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That the General Grand Chapter, in order to acknowledge us 
as one of the family of Grand Chapters, has reqiuifed an amend- 
ment to the Ath, 5th, 10th, and 14th Articles of our Constitution, 
and that the 12th Mesielt aotila be strickin out. # 


With all due deference to the decision of the General Grand 
Chapter, your Committee are of opinion, that it would 
have been better for it to have suffered the 12th article to 
remain, believing that this Grand body is fully competent 
to decide as to the propriety of her Officers, accepting office 
in Subordinate Chapters. They however recommend that 
a Convention of Delegates from the several Chapters, be held in 
this Hall at 9 o’clock, this evening, for the purpose of amending 
the Constitution, as required by the General Grand Chapter. 


In regard to the funds belonging to the late Grand Chapter, 
the Committee discover by reference to the report of a Committee 
found in the proceedings of that body, in 1830, that $200 remained 
in the hands of aformer Treasurer, after deducting the sum of $187 
paid by him to his successor. Your Committee recommend that 
the M. E. G. H. Priest, prosecute his inquiries upon the subject. 

Respectfully submitted 
P. W. Fannine, Chairman. 
; i | W.G. Hinn, | | 
R. G. RanKIN. 


Companion Fanning, from the Committee on returns of Sub- 
ordinate Chapters, presented the following report, which was 
received and adopted. 

Report of the Committee on Returns. 

The Committee on Returns beg leave to report, that Returns 
from Concord Chapter No. 1, Concord Chapter No. 5, and 
Raleigh Chapter No. 10, have been placed in their hands, ex- 
amined, and in essentials, found correct, although not entirely 
free from informalities—chargeable, doubtless to a want of explicit- 
ness in that portion of the Grand Con titution bearing immedi- 
ately upon this pomt. ‘The Grand Cd istitution does not say that 
the Returns must be attested by the Secreta under the Seal of 
the Chapter; neither that the grade of the members shall be 
designated—an observance of which, however, to your Committee, 
seems proper and becoming. 







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The Returns of Union Chapter No. 17, working under Dispen- 
sation, have also been examined and found correct; excepting 
that the Returns donot represent the Chapter as working under 
Dispensation, and that C. P. H. is doubtless placed inadvertently 
after the name of the Captain of the Host, instead of C. H. 


By the above Returns, it appears, that during the last year, 
Concord Chapter No. 1, has exalted eighi, Raleigh No. 10, twen- 
ty-one, and Union No. 17, iwenty-three—in all, fifty-two exalta- 
tions, and by only three Chapters. How truly encouraging is 
such an unprecedented increase of good and true Companions, 
and how should it stimulate us all to persevere in “so great and 
so glorious an undertaking” as that in which we are engaged, 
when there is so fair a prospect of bringing to light so many 
precious Jewels that might otherwise remain forever buried 
beneath the rubbish of forgetfulness, indifference or neglect ! 


It is truly gratifying to your Committee to perceive. that, in 
the several Chapters referred to, there have been no expulsions, no 
deaths, no resignations, but one rejection, and only one suspen- 
sion—may they ever make such exhibits. 


It is to be regretted that no Representatives appear from: 
Roanoke Chapter No. 4, Halifax, Phoenix Chapter No. 2, Fay- 
etteville, nor from Zerubbabel Chapter No. 11, Edenton, and that 
no Returns have been received from either of the above named 
Chapters. It is recommended that the Grand Secretary, remind 
the above Chapters to forward their dues at the earliest conve- 
nience. = Respectfully submitted 


P. W. Fannine, Chairman. 
On motion of Companion Rankin, it was 


Resolved, That two hundred copies of the proceedings of this Grand Convocation 
be printed. 


Resolved, That a Committee of ‘twobe appointed to Engross the proceedings of this 


Grand Convocation, and te mg thereof. Companions R. G. Rankin, 
and D. McMillan, were mpaisiete ‘aid Committee. 


The Grand Chapter then called off for the purpose of holding 
a Convention to amend the Constitution. 


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Wilmington, June 13th, 1848. 


The Sedation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of North © 


Carolina, together with the Delegates of the several Subordinate 
Chapters, Represented at this Grand Convocation met in the Hall 
of St. John’s Lodge No. 1. 


PRESENT ; 

P. W. Fanning 

ase Rankin, Delegates from Concord Chapter No. 1. 
Lewis Bond, ‘ thy Concord (4 5 No. 5. 
W. G. Hill, s oe abensye pir' No. 10. 
he ae s “Union Me Noo Uf. 


Companion Lewis Bond was appointed President, and Com- 
panion P. W. Fanning, Secretary. 


Companion R. G. Rankin submitted the following Resolution, 
which was adopted. 

Resolved, That in compliance with the requirements of the General Grand Chapter, 
the 4th, 5th, 10th and 14th Articles of the constitution of the Grand R. A. Chapter 
of North Carolina, be amended, and the 12th Article be stricken out. 

Companion Rankin, then moved, 

“That the second Article be amended by substituting the first, 

instead of the second Monday in June.” 


That the 15th Article be so amended as to read. That this 
Constitution may be altered or amended at any Annual Convo- 
cation of the Grand Chapter of N. Carolina, with the approbation 
of two-thirds of the voters present, and not otherwise. Which 
were adopted, and the Convention adjourned sine die. 

Lewis Bonn, President. 
P. W. Fannina, Secretary. 


The Grand Chapter then resumed labor. 
On motion of Companion Rankin, it was 


Resolved, That the proceedings of this Convention be incorporated in, and published 
with the proceedings of the Grand Se ea opel with the Constitution as 
amended. afi 


MaEAnE HAD W. G. Hill, so : 








obtained leave of absence 


Gran Ae then closed 
in solemn form, to meet again to-morrow, it 3 o'clock, P. M. 


| Fart OH jose, Grand Secretary. 


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Wilmington, June 14th, 1848. 
The Grand Chapter Convened pursuant to Appointment. 


PRESENT : 

M. E. A. Martin, GER 

‘“ Lewis Bond, G.K., pit. 

en, Vo uelly, | GES eribe, api 

“¢ 'T. W. Brown, Gan 

Bly Go Pender G. 8. 

“ P. W. Fanning, G. M., p. t. 

“ R. G. Rankin, G. C. EL, p.'t. 

« L. R. Loftin, Cas S43 pt 

“ R. Maxwell, Gober (CS pt: 

‘os HW olfe, GM. 3. V:, pit 

“ John Wright, EVE & pitt 

CO en sk ehl ep, NEA «Vi gaps ts 

“ John Banks, “ Tyler, 


Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 


Concord No. 1, P. W. Fanning, R. G. Rankin. Concord No.5, 
Lewis Bond. Union No. 17, L. R. Loftin. 


Visiters—Companions E. V. Kelly, R. Maxwell, E. Wolfe, 
S. Teller, J. Griswold, John Wright. 


The Grand Chapter opened in solemn form and proceeded to 
the Installation of Officers. » 


The Officers elected for the ensuing year, who were present, 
were then duly installed, and those who were absent were install- 
ed by Proxy. 

Companion Rankin from the Committee on Accounts, submitted 
the following Report, which was adopted. 


The Committee on Accounts have had the duty assigned to 
them under consideration, a 1d beg leave to Report. 


That they have dxdeineaMhe Grand Secretary’s Books and 
find them correctly” and handsomely kept—that they have also 
examined the accounts of the Grand Treasurer, and find them 


correct, and proper Vouchers presented for all Papa 








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The receipts of this Grand Chapter, for Dues for the past year, 
have been, from Concord Chapter No. 1, $15 00 
Concord. Chapter No. 5, for dues, 15 00 
Roanoke “ MaugAsiesS biniihf 15 00 
Eureka é No. 17, “ reviving, 15 00 
Raleigh a No. 10, “ a 15 00 
i é No. 10, “ dues, 15,00 1% 
Union « No. 17, “ Dispensation, 50 00 
y ‘f “¢ « & Dues for Exaltion 


21 Companions, 42 00 





#182 00 


The Disbursements Amount to 68 60 
Leaving a balance of $113 40 


in the hands of the Grand Treasurer. 

Phenix Chapter No. 2. Gerubbabel Chapter No. 11, and 
Kureka Chapter No. 7, are in arrears and indebted to this Grand 
Chapter Fifteen Dollars each, for dues for the past year. 

The Committee take great pleasure in acknowledgeing the 
assistance, cheerfully rendered them, by the Grand Secretary and 
Treasurer, and in finding them so well qualified for the important 


stations ey fill. Respectfully submitted. 
D. McMiuuan. 


R. G. Rankin. 
On motion of Companion Fanning, 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to subscribe for Moore’s Free- 
masons Magazine, published in Boston, and Moore’s Masonic Review, published in 


Cincinnatti, for the use of this Grand Chapter. 


The Grand Chapter then called off from labor to Refreshment 
until half past seven o’clock, P. M.. 


ey 


Wednesday Evening, Half past Se 

The Grand Chapter resumed. labor, Ay a 
Companion Rankin, submitted the f llo wi : 7 
was adopted, TE hag 






Resolved, That a Committee of three, be appointed to investigate the case of Sus-. 


pension, Reported from Concord Chapter No. 1. 


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~ Companions Rankin, Bond, and Loftin, were appointed said 
Committee, who after investigating, submitted the following 
Report, which was unanimously adopted. 


The Committee appointed to investigate the case of Suspension 
of Companion J. H. Milmore, from Concord Chapter No. 1, for 
an indifinite period, beg leave to Report: 

hat from the nature of the unmasonic conduct of Companion 
Milmore, known to two of the Committee, and from his Suspen- 
sion, from all the rights of Masonry, by St. John’s Lodge No. 1, 
after a fair and impartial trial, recommend that his Suspension 
be confirmed by this Grand Chapter. 
Respectfully submitted. 
R. G. Ranxin, Chairman. 
Lewis Bonn, 


L. R. Lorrin. 


Companion Fanning, from the Committee on proceedings of 
Subordinate Chapters, submitted the following Report: 


Report of the Committee on Proceedings of Subordinate 
Chapters. 
The Committee on proceedings of Subordinate Chapters 
Respectfully Report : 


That there appears to be no particular business claiming their 
attention—no proceedings having come up for their examination. 


It is proper to remark, that when, Chapters under Dispensation 
apply for Charters, a transcript of (he proceedings, together with 
a copy of their Petlawe should invariably accompany the 
application. Respectfully submitted. 

P. W. Fannine, Chairman. 

Companion Fanning, from the Committee on Foreign, Corres- 
pondence submitted the following Report: 


_ Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. . 

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence Respectfully Re- 
port, that the only documents, properly coming before them, are 
the Proceedings of the, Grand Royal Arch Royal Chapters of In- 
diana, Missouri, ''ennessee, Virginia, and Mississippi, together with 
the proceedings .of the General Grand Chapter of the United 
States, the last of which more particularly interests, this Grand 





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Body at the present moment, inasmuch as our re-organization as 
a Grand Chapter has been legally recognized and confirmed, and 
we are admitted in full communion with our Sister Grand Chapters, 
whom we fraternally embrace, and with whom we joyfully pro- 
pose an interchange of all those courtesies which ever delight the 
wise, the good, the benevolent, and those who would “dwell 
together in unity.” 

The few proceedings before us indicate a healthy condition of 
Royal Arch Masonry in the several sections from which they 
emanate. Some subjects of exciting interest are warmly discussed, 
but generally in a good spirit, although sometimes, we think, 
exceptionable in this respect, complaints are urged, in some quar- 
ters, against what is termed the unwarrantable action of the 
General Grand Chapter in certain cases. The G. G. Chapter, like 
all other institutions, is certainly liable to err, because, according 
to Masonic acknowledgment: “Perfection is not to be found on 
earth.” Were it otherwise, all difficulties might readily be healed; 
as it is, the remedy is at hand without resorting to severe invec- 
tives, or provoking insinuations, which only engender bitter feelings 
and widen the breach. No Grand Chapter can reasonably com- 
plian so long as she exercises an influence and enjoys the privilege 
of being heard in GeneralGrand Council. There shecan call for 
redress of grievances—there she can be heard and felt—there be 
secured in her constitutional rights. Your committee regret to 


see the hostility manifested by the Grand Chapter of Virginia,» 


against the General Grand Chapter, to which we are bound to 
acknowledge allegiance, and in whose integrity of purpose we 
repose the most entire confidence. This animosity is not confined 
alone to Virginia, but the infection is showing itself i other 
quarters. One of the principal objects of a General Grand Chap- 
ter is, undoubtedly, to establish a “uniform mode of work.” Now 
if all due diligence be not exercised in the accomplishment of 
that purpose, as some contend, there is a grevious fault, in the 
sin of which North Carolina will be equally implicated, should 
she fail to put forth her whole energies toreform. In the opinion 
of your committee, the General Grand Chapter erred in requiring, 
inadvertantly, as we believe, as a condition to recognizing this 


Grand Chapter, that she expunge the 12th article of her Consti- 
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tution, which reads thus: “No Officer of this Grand: Chapter 
shall hold an office in any subordinate Chapter, working under 
the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter.” Notwithstanding this 
view of the matter, this Grand Chapter will not hesitate to com- 
Ply, with this requisition, as well as with others in this connexion 
considered altogether unexceptionable. In the Masonic Family, 
above all others, there should be no jarrimg—and all difficulties 
should be settle upon the square.~ We contend for a Masonic 
Head, and that Head must be respected. "hese are the senti- 
ments of your committee, and of the Grand Body whose organ 
they are. Arguments in abundance, in support of the position 
here assumed, might be adduced, did the occasion require it. 

The claim of jurisdiction over the degrees of Royal and Select 
Master is becoming a subject of considerable controversy. Your 
committee conceive that this question has been unequivocally 
and properly settled by the General Grand. Chapter—that is, the 
Chapters within whose jurisdiction no Grand Council exists, are 
authorized to assume control of the same. | 

Your committee are opposed, in the main, to. the many divis- 
ions and sub-divisions of Masonic Jurisdiction, and are disposed, 
generally, to favor the views entertained by the committee of 
foreign communications of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi, 
which are, that the Grand Master of Masons here, as in England, 
should really be such as his title imports. From intercourse with 
intelligent Masons, your committee are satisfied that the separa- 
tion, of the degrees of R. and S. Master from the Chapter, where 
y unquestionably then, now and ever did belong, originated in a 
atter of knavish ee ere irik the origin, too, of so many 
spurious Degrees. Masonry is becoming pails while her 
mighty and benign influence is extending itself throughout the 
habitable globe—let it then be guarded from pernicious infections, 
and suffer no expansions beyond its legitimate proportions. 

The Grand Chapter of Mississippi, complains of the General 
Grand Chapter, granting a Charter to Carrollton Chapter work- 
ing within the former: jurisdiction—the principle contended for 
by the Mississippi Grand Chapter is certainly correct, and would 
no doubt be sustained by every Grand Chapter on appeal. 

. By the action of the General Grand Chapter, it is required of 
this Grand Chapter to amend certain Resolutions, in order that 





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they might be made comformidable to the General Grand R. Pa 
Constitution. As the Committee to whom. the Grand H. Priest’s 
address has been referred, will take that matter in charge, this 
committee is relieved of that duty. * 


With the limited time allotted for a due examination of all 
the subjects that should claim the attention of this committee, 


this imperfect Report is 


Respectfully submitted, 
P. W. Fannine, Chairman. 
Both of which were received and adopted. 


Companion Rankin moved, that the sum of twenty dollars be 
paid to the Grand Secretary for his services during the sitting of 


_ this Grand Chapter. — 


~ Companion L. C. Pender submitted the following resolution, 
which was adopted: | 
“© Resolved, That the thanks of the Grand Chapter be presented to St. John’s Lodge, 


~ No. 1, and Concord Chapter, No. 1, for their polite attention, and the use of their Hall. 


On motion of Companion L. R. Loftin, it was 


Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due and are hereby tendered 
to our Worthy M. E. G.:H. Priest, A. Martin, for the able and efficient manner in 


which he has Been during the present convention, 


A lecture was then given by the M. E. G. H. Priest, in the 
Royal Arch haat at with the assistance of the companions pre- 
sent. 


No other business appearing, the Grand Chapter closed in 
solemn form until the first Monday in June next. 
a C..PENDER, Grand Secretary. 


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Returns of Chapters working under the jurisdiction. of this 
Grand Chapter. 


Concord Chapter, No. 1,—Wilmington. | 





3 Officers : 
M. E. Dugald McMillan, High Priest. 
ve ICeLLy, King. 
“ Wm. D. Smith, Scribe. | 
Comp. Talcott Burr, Jr. Secretary. 
“ John A. Taylor, — Treasurer. 
“ Wm. Alva Burr, Penien of the Host. : 


“ Robert G. Rankin, 
‘ Dugald A. Lamont. 


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«William W. Harriss, Master 34 Veil. 
“ Benjamin G. Bates, ih ene uel 
‘’ Robert Maxwell, feted, 
“ John Banks, Janitor. 

Members : 


Alfred Martin, 
Lewis H. Marsteller, 












J ohn Walker, 

A. Paul Ripiton, 

Alexander McRae, Isaac Northrop 

P. W. Fanning, — _ Geo: R. French, 

C. B. Morris, ‘ Jno. S. James, 

John Smith, » J. R. Redman, 

Treat F. Peck, ss M. Chesnut, | 

A. B. Gest, ~** Ss. Teller, 

James T, Miller, ‘William Murphy, 3 
Stephen D. Wallace, DD. E. Roberts, 4 
Thomas Marshall, Thomas FE’. Gause, 

Clayborn J. Oates, J. Wilkinson, 

EBlias Wolfe, Thomas J. Faison, 







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Luther Wright, 
Samuel Loftin, 


G. W. Wallace, 
Jno. F. Rhodes, 


J. D. Powers. 


Exaltations. 


Companion John Christian, 


Dugald A. Lamont, 
i William D. Smith, 
William W. Harriss, 
. Joseph Wilkinson, 

sb William C. Parks, 

My William Closs, 
Hing olf, 





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Jenk nking, 
Williati 8. Baker, 
William H. Hines, 
William Norfleet, 
Solomon Pender, ‘ 
Simmons B. Staton,, 
John Williams, siete 
Robert H. Pender, . 


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Members. 


Benjamin M. Jackson, — 
Arthur K. Barlow, 
William D. Bryan, 


. Expelled, None. 


L. R. Loftin, sila 
Hardy E. Royal, 
Eli W. Hines, 


D. B. Newton, a 





22nd July, 1847. | 
22nd July, 1847. 
18th October, 1847. 
13th October, 1848. 
19th January, 1848. | 
19th January, 1848. 
19th January, 1848. 7 
7th February, 1848. 


Phenix, No. 2,—Fayetteville—No Returns. 


Concord Chapter, No. 5,—T'arboro. 
Officers. 





High Priest. ” 
King. | 
Scribe. 
Secretary. | 
Treasurer. % at 
Captain of the Host. P 
Principal Sojourner. ¢ | 
Royal. Arch Captain. | 
Grand Master, of 3d Veil. 
b“ bc es | 
6 6 Est. “ 
T'yler. , 


John Mooring, 
Bryant Bennett, 
Andrew E. Gill, 

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Ree 
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James Wilkins, | cad H. Drake, @ ’ 
William H. Smith, D. S. Crenshaw, 
Aw. glooring, John H. Drake. 


Admitted, 0; Advanced,0; Exalted, 0; Suspended, 0; 
Expelled, 0; Dead. 0; Wihrsien, 0; 
ae Lee Bonn, High Priest. 





L. C. Penner, Secretary. 


. 


Eureka Chapter, No. 7,—Newbern.—No Returns. 








hy 
. Raleigh Chapter, No. 10,—Raleigh. 
List of Officers and Members of Raleigh , Chapter, No. 10. a 
M. E. William G. Hill, High Priest. 
‘“ 'Theodore Peace. King. 
“ Dabny Cosby, Scribe. 
Comp. William H. Mead, Captain of the Host. 
| “ William D. Cooke, Principal Sojourner. 
. “ Robert W. Seawell, Royal Arch Captain. 
James 'T’. Marriott, Master 3d Veil. 
.. “ Joseph Wattering, “20 Sin 
~~ John W. Cosby, ‘Se bet ae : 
; “ Wesley Hollister, Treasurer. — 
6 - 


William Dallas Haywood, 
ay “ Richard W. Ashton, 


Mi, ut 
‘ h 7 Members: 
Charles H. Johnson, 
» Joseph 'T. Hunter, 
* + Daniel B. Griffin, 





ns maton A. Jones, ~ William T’. Bain, 
William F’. Collins, C. W. D. Hutchings, a 

Willie D. Jones, James D. Newsom, Ss 

¥ Joseph D. Powell. 


Exalted, 21; Suspended, 0; Expelled, 0; Rejected, 1. 


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Zerubbabel, No. 11, Edenton, —No Returns. 


Union Chapter, No. J ibe 


Duplin. 


Returns from Union Chapter, No. 17. Duplin County, under 


Dispensation. 


Luther R. Loftin, 
George W. Wallace, 
Eli W. Hines, 
Samuel Loftin, 
John EF. Rhodes, 
Daniel B. Newton, 
Claborn I. Oates, 
James Griswold, 
John Wright, 
Daniel Bowden, 
Albert R. Hicks, 
Henry Swinson, 


L. B. Loftin, 
E. W. Hines, 
J. F. Rhodes, 
C. J. Wye te 
W. oa Pollock, 
D. Jones, 

J. E. BeRod 
D. Glissan, 
D. Bvden, 
B. B. Allen, 
J.J. Baker, 
Dr. J. G. Dickson, 
C. D. Hill, 

D. Wright, 

T’. Winders, 





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7 ay: + 


Admitted, 2; Exalted, 23 : Rejected, 1 ; 


pelled, 0; Dead 0. 


A. R. Hicks, Secretary. 


Members: 





Lo Herring, 
B. C. Bowden, - 
F. B. Millard. il 


L. R. Lorrin, High Priest. 


High Priest. e = 


Captain of the Host. 
Principal Sojourner. 
Royal Arch Captain. 
Master of 3d Veil. 


od (a 4 
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'T'reasurer. 
Secretary. 


G. W. Wallace, 

S. Loftin, £ 

D. B. Newton, 

J. Griswold, 

Joel Loftin, <<. 
W. Hollowell, 
J. WK. Hill, 

J. M. McDuffy. 

B. Bowden, ‘i 

A. R. fee ‘ * | 

Me es Harold, 


Suspended, 0; Ex- 





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FORM OF RETURNS FOR A SUBORDINATE CHAPTER, 

Return of Chapter No. working 
under jurisdiction of the M. E. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of ® 
North Carolina. _ six be : 







































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THE 
GRAND ROYAL ARGH CONSTITUTION 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA: 


As amended by a Convention held in Wilmington, or the 13th 
day of June, A. D. 1848, Y. D. 2378. 


ArtTicLEe 1. The Grand Chapter shall consist of a Grand High 


Priest, Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, 
Grand 'Treasurer, Grand Secretary, Grand Chaplain, and Grand 
Marshal; and likewise of the High Priests, Kings, and Scribes 


for the time being of the subordinate Chapters under this juris- — 


diction, and the Past Grand and Deputy Grand High Priests, 
Kings and Scribes of said Grand Chapter, and the said enume- 
rated officers, or their proxies, shall be the only members and 
voters in said Grand Chapter: Provided, that in all cases where 
the number of votes shall be equal, the Grand High Priest shall 
have two votes, otherwise he shall have but one, and no Compan- 
ion can represent more than one Chapter at the same time, and 
no proxy shall be recognized unless he be a member of the 
Chapter he represents. 


ArrTIcLE 2. The Grand Chapter shall meet annually on the 
first Morldaty. i in June, in the town of Wilmington, N. C., until its 
convocation" iii, June, A: D. 1851, at which time a convention shall 
be called to detéimine as to the expediency of continuing its 
convocations in that-place, or holding them at some place which 
may have become more central by the establishment of subordi- 
nate Chapters in other parts of the State. And the M. E. High 
Priest shall govern and preside over this Grand Chapter when 
present, and in his absence, the Deputy Grand High Priest, King 
or Scribe, shall preside, taking precedence according to rank. 
The Grand or deputy Grand High Priest, respectively, may call 

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special meetings, to be holden at such time and place as they 
shall severally think proper to appoint. 


Articue 3. The Officers of the Grand Chapter shall be chosen 
by ballot, at each annual convocation in June, and in case the 
regular convocation should, by any casuality, not be held, the 
Grand Officers shall sustain their respective offices until succes- 
sors are duly elected and qualified. 


Arricie 4. Every Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, within this 
State, shall have a warrant of Constitution from the Grand 
Chapter under the seal thereof, and under the sign manuel of its 
Grand or Deputy Grand High Priest, King and Scribe, and attes- 


, ted by its Secretary, or Letters of Dispensation from the Grand 


or Deputy Grand High Priest ; and no chapter shall be deemed 
legal without such Warrant or Letters of Dispensation. And 
the Grand or Deputy Grand High Priests, severally, shall have 
power and authority, whenever they shall deem it expedient, 


& gapsting the recess of the Grand Chapter, to grant Letters of Dis- 


~ pensation, under their respective hands and private seals, to a 
competent number of petitioners possessing the cfualificatitiers 
required by the 9th section of the 2d article of the Grand Royal 
Arch Constitution, empowering them to open a Chapter of Royal 
Arch Masons, and Lodge of Most Excellent, Past and Mark 


“Master ee for a certain specified time: Provided, that the 


said term of time shall not extend beyond the next stated meet- 
ing of the Grand Chapter: and provided further, that the same 
fees as are hereinafter required for a Warrant of Constitution 
shall have been deposited with the Grand ‘Treasurer. And in all 
cases of such Dispensation, the officer granting the same, shall 
make report thereof, to the next stated meeting of the Grexil 
Chapter, when the Grand Chapter may either continue or recall 
such Dispensation; or grant the petitioners a Warrant of Consti- 
tution, in which latter event, the fees first deposited shall be 
credited in payment of the same. But if a warrant shall not be 
granted, nor the Dispensation continued, the said fees shall be 
refunded to the petitioners, except : such part thereof as shall have 
been actually expended by reason of their application. 


Articie 5. Upon every application for a Warrant. or Charter 
from this Grand Chapter, to constitute a new Chapter, there shall 


Ab 
be advanced and paid to the Grand Treasurer, the sum of ninety 
dollars before said Warrant or Charter shall be issued, whereof 
the Grand Secretary shall receive ten dollars by way of com- 
pensation for furnishing parchment for said Charter or Warrant, 
and having the same elegantly printed. 


ArTicuE 6. The several subordinate Chapters in this State, 
shall each pay to this Grand Chapter the sum of fifteen Dollars 
annually. 


ARTICLE 7. No Warrant for the institution of a new Chapter 
of Royal Arch Masons shall be granted, except upon the petition 
of nine regular Royal Arch Masons; which petition shall be 
accompanied by a certificate from the Chapter nearest the place 
where the new Chapter is intended to be opened, vouching for 
the moral character of the petitioners, and recommending to the 
Grand Chapter to grant their prayer. 


ArTIcLE 8. The Grand Secretary of this Chapter shall make 


an annual communication to each of the Grand Secretaries of the 
several Grand Chapters working under the authority of the Gen- 
eral Grand Chapter of the United States ; and also to the General 
Grand Secretary, containing a list of the Grand Officers, and all 
such other matters as may be deemed necessary or useful, for the 
mutual information of said Grand Chapters. And the said 
Grand Secretary shall also regularly transmit to the General 
Grand Secretary a copy of the by-laws and regulations of this 
Grand Chapter, with the amendments thereto. 


ARTICLE 9. The Secretaries of the several subordinate Chap- 
ters and Lodges shall make report to the Grand Chapter at its 
annual meeting, of all such advancements, exaltations, suspen- 
sions, expulsions, deaths, or resignations, asmay have taken place in 
his Chapter during the year, and shall at the same time trans- 
mit the annual dues, with a list of officers and members. 


ARTICLE 10. No subordinate Chapter shall confer any degree 
but upon application made in writing filed at a regular communi- 
cation, unless in cases of emergency, so deemed by a majority of 
the members present; and the ballot must be unanimous to admit a 
petitioner. | 


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ARTICLE 11. Any member of a subordinate Chapter dissatis- 
fied with a decision thereof, may appeal to the Grand Chapter, 
and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of such Chapter to 
transmit to the Grand Chapter at its next Convocation, an offi- 
cial statement of the proceedings had thereon, countersigned by 
the High Priest or presiding officer. 


ArticLe 12. Whenever there shall be a dissolution of any of 
the Chapters under this jurisdiction, or whenever any such Chap- 
ter shall incur a forfeiture of its charter; in either of those cases 
the funds and furniture at that time belonging to such Chapter, 
shall become, and they are hereby declared to be the property of 
this Grand Chapter; and the Grand officers or any one of them 
may demand, recover and take possession thereof for the benefit 
of the Grand Chapter. 


Articie 13. This Grand Chapter shall have power from time 
to time to pass all such By-Laws Resolutions and Edicts, and do 
~ all other matters and things for the government of itself and the 
general good of Masonry as may be deemed expedient; not in- 


consistent with the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter. 


ArTIicLE 14. This Constitution may be altered or amended at 
any annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter, with approbation 
of two-thirds of the voters present, and not otherwise. 





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BY-LAWS 


OF THE 


GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, 


OF THE 


STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


ArTIc.eE 1. It shall be the duty of the several officers of the 
Grand Chapter to attend the stated meetings thereof, either in 
person or by proxy. 


ArtTIcLE 2. The Grand High Priest, or in his absence, the 
senior officer present, shall take the chair precisely at the hour 
to which the Grand Chapter stands adjourned, and shall imme- 
diately upon the appearance of a quorum, open the Grand Chap- 
ter in due form. 


ARTICLE 3. At every sitting of each annual convention of the 
Grand Chapter, the minutes of the preceeding sitting shall be 
read, and if requisite, corrected. 

ARTICLE 4. It shall be the duty of the presiding officer at all 
times to preserve order, and to endeavor to conduct all business 
before the Grand Chapter, to a speedy and proper result. 


ARTICLE 5, The presiding officer may speak to points of order 
in preference to other members, and shall decide all questions of 
order, subject to an appeal to the Grand Chapter by any member 
seconded. 


ArTIcLE 6, Business left unfinished at the last sitting, is ordi- 
narily to be taken up ie 

ARTICLE 7. A motion made, must be seconded and afterwards 
repeated by the presiding officer, or read aloud before it is debated ; 
and every motion shall be atest to wus if the Eo Anat 
officer or any member require it. 


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standing committee, any two of whom may act, whose duty it 
shall be to adjust all claims against the Grand Chapter, to exam- 
ine the Treasurer’s Books and accounts annually, and at every 
election of officers to report to the Grand Chapter the state of the 
funds, to which committee all applications for charity shall be 
referred; and for that purpose the said committee shall have 
authority to draw on the Grand Treasurer. 


ArticLe 28. The members of the Grand Chapter shall at every 
meeting appear in Royal Arch sashes and aprons. 

ARrTIcLE 29. Those persons officiating as Grand 'Tyler and 
Grand Steward shall receive one dollar each for every sitting of 
the Grand Chapter. 

Articie 30. The Grand Secretary, in addition to the duties 
prescribed in the 8th Article of the Constitution of this Grand 
Chapter, shall transmit to each member, annually, a copy of the 
proceedings, for which service he shall receive the sum of ten 
dollars per annum. 

ArticLE 31. The By-Laws shallbe read at the commencement 
of every meeting. , 

ArticLe 32. There shall be no alteration or amendment to 


these By-Laws, except with the concurrence of two-thirds of the 
members present at an annual meeting. 


PROCEEDINGS 


OF THE 
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, 
OF 


WERTH CAROLINA, 


AT ITS 


TEIRD ANNUAL CONVOCATION 


IN 


WILMINGTON, N. C., 
ON 


MONDAY, FOURTH DAY OF JUNE, 


A. L. 5849, R. A. M. 2379, A. D. 1849. 


P. W. FANNING, M. E.G. H. P., WiLMINGTON. 
WG. HILL, M. E.D.G.H P., Raveicu. 
R. G. RANKIN, G. SECRETARY, Wumineton. 


an aeeaamanene 


WILMINGTON: 


PRINTED BY A. &. BROWN. 





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PROTEKEDINGS OF 


The Third Annual Convocation of the M. E. Grand Roy- 
al Arch Chapter of North Carolina, begun and held in 
the Hall of St. John’s Lodge, No. 1, in Wiimington, on 
Monday, the 4th day of June, A. L. 5849, R. A. M. 2379, 
A. D. 1849. 


PRESENT: 
M. E. Alfred Martin, G. H. Priest. 
wOU iy WF anning,, G. K. 
 66-J W. Cosby, G.8. p.t 
TW. Brown, G. T. 
“« A. P. Repiton, G. Sec.’y p. t. 
“ D. McMillan, G. M. p. t. 
“ R. G. Rankin, GPS. po 
eT. Durr, Je GOR. A yeapr ti 
“ Jas, T. Marriott, G. M. 3 Veil, p. t. 
‘© Jno. Walker, Jr., GONE? ,i60 fet 
« D. Teller; GM 1 @t gre 
« Jno. Banks, G. Tyler 


The Grand Chapter opened in solemn form. A quorum 
not being present, the G. C, called off until 4 o’clock, P. M. 
“4 A. Paut Repirton, G. Sec.’y, p.t. 


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4 O'CLOCK, P.M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 


PRESENT : 

M. KE. Alfred Martin, G. Hux. 
Pub.) W:; Fanning, G. K. 

fo. Lewis Bond, G.S. p. t. 
. To Wi. Brown, G.T. 
Pe aK Pender, G. Sec.’ y. 
“ 2D. McMillan, ( M. p. t 
« R. G. Rankin, Ago Pi ht 
“2 oBury Jr., Gide An, plot 
“ J. W. Cosby, G. M. 3 V.p.+. 
“oJ. DM: rriott, G.M.2V.p.t 
Yi Delt babes lily G..M.1V. p.t 
« Jno. Banks, G. Tyler 


s And the following Delegates from Subordinate Chapters : 


Concord No. 1, Wi!mington, Com. T. Burr, Jr., A. A. 
“Brow n, and R. G. Rankin. 
 Ganck No. 4, Halifax, Com. W. W. Brickell, K. 
Concord No. 5, Tarboro’, Com. Lewis Bond, H. P. 
Raleigh No. 10, Raleigh, Com. Jo W. Cosby, J. T. Mar- 
riott. 
Union No. 17, Duplin, Com. L. R. Loftin, H. P., Eli W. 
Hines, K., and F, B. Mullard, S. 


Vistters.—Com. H. P. Russell, W. W. Batess, George 


Harriss, Jno. Walker, Jr., i. J. Lutterloh, D) McMillan. 


The folloning Chapters mcede Returns, and paid Dues: 


- Concord No. 1, paid $15 —  to.1850 
Concord No. 5, “ $16 “« 1850 
Raleigh No 10, “« $15 «© $849 
Roanoke No. 4, noret’ns, “ $16 “ 1849 
Union No. 17, made returns, no dues. 


The M. E. G. H. P. appointed Companions Northrop 


4 _and Bond, a Committee on Credentials, who reported that 


ate Committee appointed to examine: the Credentials of 
- Delegates” had | performed that duty, and beg leave to re- 


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port, That the Credentials from the following Chapters 
were examined and found correct—From Concord Chap- 
ter No 1, Companions A. A. Brown, T. Burr, Jr., and he 
G. Rankin. Roanoke Chapter No. 4, Com. W. W. Brickell. 
Concord Chapter No.5, Com. Lewis Bond. Raleigh Chap-. 
ter No, 10, Companions J. W. Cosby, J.T. Marriott.— 
Union Chapter No. 17, Com. L. R. Loftin, Eh W. Hines, 
and fF’. B. Millard. | 
Restpectfully submitted, 
I. NORTHROP. 
LL. BOND. 


The M. E.G. H. P. appointed the following Commit. 
Yees— 
On Claims, Com. R. G. Rankin. 
On Returns from Subordinate Chapters, Companions L. 
Bond, and J. W. Cosby. 
On Foreign Communications, Companions Burr, and Mar- 
riott. 
On Dispensations, Companions Burr, and A. A. Bro vn. 
On Accounts, Companions Rankin, and brickell, 
No other business appearing, the M. E. G. C. called off 


until to-morrow, 10 o’clock, A. M. 
Ig: C; PENDER, G. Sec.’y. 


TUESDAY, JUNE 5rn, 1849—10 O'CLOCK, A. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
PRESENT : 


M. E. Alfred Martin, Gy bie? 
yh SOP EW, Fanning, GP kot 
hae OED Barer. Ting Gi Ss p.t 
ft a WW, Brown, Gal a8 
“ TL. C. Pender, G. Sec. 
‘© D. McMillan; G.M., p.t 
wf Ro GiyReankin, GaPud.ai pet 
Hi A dL ottin. GrRrAiG. 
« oW. W. Brickell, GaMies Vy 
«Eh W. Hines, GEM e2 Vino 
«FB. Millard, GAM ALN Ge 
“Jno. Banks, G. Tyler. 










The following Representatives Jrom Subordinate es gin om 


Concord No. 1, Com. Rankin’ and’ T. Burr, Ir” 

Roanoke No. Boa ae Brickell. 

‘Concord No.5, “ Lewis Bond. 

‘Raleigh No.10, “ Jno. W°Cosby, Jas. T. thnk 
oN woo fer R. Loftin, E Hines, FB. Millard 


The Committee on Dispensations and Charters, made 
3 the following Report, which was received and adopted— 


To the M. E. Grand Chapter of North Carokina : 
~The Committee on Dispensations and Charters ask leave 
to report, that the only business requiring their attention is 
the application of the Companions of Gaston Chapter No. 
48, Roxboro’, Person County, for a Charter. The Letters 
pot Dispensation were granted some time prior to the last 
Convocation of this Grand Chapter, and a Charter should 
_recularly have been obtained at that period, m conformity 
: Lah the Grand Constitution, but for certain satisfactory 
reasons the Dispensation was continued in force until the 
present Convocation. Upon an examination the proceed- 
ings appear to be regular—the customary fee has been re- 
ceived, and the Companions are ardent co-laborers in the 
service of the craft—but in consequence of an oversight, 
the usual tax upon Exaltations in Subordinate Chapters 
under Dispensations, and which is two dollars each, has not 
- been paid. During the last year there have been fourteen 
- Exaltations by this Chapter, and consequently the sum of 
itwenty-eight dollars is due this Grand Body. Your Com- 
imittee also notice in the By-Laws of this Chapter, seve- 
Yal Sections that are in conflict with ancient usage, and 
with the Constitution of this Grand Chapter, and the Gene- 
ral Grand Constitution :—These ure Sections 3rd and 5th, 
of Article 2nd—Sections Ist, 2nd and 8rd, of Article 3rd— 
Section 1st, Article 5th—Section ord, ‘Article 6th. Your 
“Committee recommend that the M. E. G. H. P. point out 
_ the defective articles to said Chapter, directing how they 
_ shall be amended, and after the amendments shall have been 











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made, and the dues paid, that then a Charter be. immedi- 
ately forwarded... Restpectfully submitted, ae 
WALCOTT. BU Rs de oe 
A. A. BROWN, 





The M. E.G. H. P. submitted his annual report. 
To the M. E. Grand Chapter of North Carohnea : 


To the annual Convocation of this Grand body I shall. 
ever look forward with pleasure, affording as it does, an op- 
portunity for the interchange of fraternal greetings with 
my Companions from the different parts of our Masonic 
domain, That I cannot congratulate you on any great ac- 
quisition of strength, by the increase of Subordinate Chap- 
ters, I have to regret. Still I do not feel discouraged—the 
reason 1s obvious, when we consider that for 17 years, 
Royal Arch Masonry in North Carolina, was without a 
head to guide and sustain it through the long and dreary 
night of adversity from which it is just now emerging. 

In. the largest portion of our State, her alters are still de- 
serted, and desolation dwells in the sanctuary of the ‘‘sons 
of light.’ Time and Death have done their work, and the 
few Companions that are left, are scattered through the 
State, generally at a great distance from each other—hence 
there are insurmountable difficulties in the way of any ra- 
pid increase in the number of Subordinate Chapters, in this 
jurisdiction. Magi : 

But the clouds by which the Masonic sky has been sc 
long overcast, are now passing away, and a bright and glo- 
rious erain her history will soon succeed them. 

_ The few Chapters now in operation are yearly sendmg 
forth their scores of young and enterprising workmen ; and 
by this means, slowly but surely laying the foundation o! 
future prosperity. | 

Since our last Convocation, I have received the Pro- 
ceedings of but a solitary Grand Chapter. ‘This, I think, 
we may ascribe to the delay in the distribution of our own 
Proceedings. In transmitting them to our Grand Secreta: 
ty they were lost, and not recovered again for several 










months——and to this cause 1 would rather attribute it than 
to any want of courtesy or reciprocal friendship on the part 
of our sister Grand Chapters, 
Gaston, Chapter No. 18, at Roxboro’, whose Dispensa- 
tion was continued at our last Convocation, in consequence 
of their inability to organize and make returns, has at length 
succeeded in effecting an organization, and will apply at 
the present session foracharter. I am sorry to have to re- 
ue Eureka Chapter No. 7, Newbern, in the same unfor- 
tunate ponion that it occupied at our last meeting, 
' I would call your attention to the irregularities of the 
Chapters at Windsor and Kdenton. The former, I learn, 
obtained a Dispensation in 1830 or ’31, and has been work- 
ing under it, meeting at irregular periods, ever since,— 
Though they have had official notice of the revival of this 
_ Grand Chapter, they have never forwarded any of their pro- 
ceedings, or made application for a charter, 
| The Chapter at Edenton has, from the best information 
_ I have been able to obtain, been for mauy years working in 
the same irregular manner, without regard to the require- 
- ments of this Grand Chapter j in such cases. 
- The duty assigned me at our last Convocation ot ob- 
_ taining the funds “belonging to this Grand Chapter at the 
_ time of its suspension, | have endeavored to perform, and 
‘refer you to the letter of our Deputy G. H, Priest, here- 
-‘wita submitted, for the result of my inquiries, 
1 The promise therein conveyed, has not been complied 
with. 
|. When [accepted the responsible office of High Priest. of 
_ this Grand Body, in 1847, it was with great distrust of my 
ability to discharge the important duties that necessarily de- 
--volve on the head of such an Institution—and though I 
_ have no lack of zeal to reproach myself with, still I fee: that 
it might have been confided to-abler hands, . My other du- 
ties have claimed so large a share of my time and attention, 
_\that those of my office have not had that personal supervi- 
! ; sion that the interest of the Institution demands.” * ;' 
i The present condition of Royal Arch: Masonry inthis 
State 4 is such, as to make the selection of a chief who pos- 














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sesses zeal, ability,and leisure to visit. Subordinate ‘Chapters, 
of the highest importance. 

As I shall at the close of the present Convocation, take 
my leave of you as your presiding officer, I cannot. resist 
the expression of a hope that the last session under my. ad- 
ministration may be distinguished by the same union, 
friendship, and harmony, that has characterised our preced- 
ing assemblies, and the assurance of my best wishes for. 
your prosperity, individually, as my Companions in Free. 
Masonry, and ‘collectively, as the head or this noble Insti- 
tution. A. MARTIN. . nd 


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Qn motion im Companion Paihenten it was unanimously 


Resolved, “ ‘That the interesting Communication of the M. E. G. H. Pp. 
be spread upon the minutes and printed with the proceedings.” 


~The Report of the M. KE. G. P. was referred ‘to the fol 
lowing Committees— 
So much as relates to Eureka ibe to the Committee 
~ on Returns. 


On the subject of the Chapters at Edenton. and Windsor, to 
Companions Fanning and Burr. 


And on the Funds of the Old Grand Chapter, to  Compan- 
~ jons Cosby and Rankin. _ oy 


On motion of Companion Burr, 4 


Ps soled: That hereafter, at the opening of each Odivoestion of the Grand 
Chapter, there shall be appointed by the Chair, in addition to the ordinary 
Computers a Committee on the unfinished business of the peeviaue meet | 


On motion of Companion Rankin, diets 

‘Resolved, That the Grand Pasar proceed t to elect its officers at ‘ O’ ‘lock, 
this afternoon. | 

No further business appearing, the Grand Chapter called 7 
off to meet again at 3 o'clock, P.M. 


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stax JUNE, 3 O’CLOCK, P.M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. — . 
| PRESENT : | 
M. E. A. Martin, 
“© P. W. Fanning, 
—& «Jas. T. Marriott, 
© "T, W. Brown, 
«« Louis ©. Pender, 
‘« 'T. Burr, Jr., 
‘“ R. G. Rankin, 
TR. Loftin, 
« J. McDuffie, 
“« Eli W. Hines, 
‘ F. B. Millard, 
“John Banks, 


7 «| Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
Concord No. 1, Com. R. G. Rankin, T. Burr, Jr. 
- Roanoke No. 4, W. W. Brickell. 
“Concord No. 5, « Lewis Bond, | 
| Gasede Nb: 10shci pa: Cosby, J. ke Marriott, 
Union No.17. « L. R. Loftin, E. W. Hines FA 
Millard. 


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. The Election of officers then took place, ‘and resulted i in 
. the election of 
. M.E.P. W. Fanning, of Wilmington, G. H. P. 
‘© « Touis Bond, of Tarboro’, © G. King. | 
coe OW. W. Brickell, of Halifax, ~ -G, Scribe. 
«TW. Brown, of Wilmington, G. Treasurer. 
« R.G. Rankin, of Wilmington, G, Sec. 
“A. Paul Repiton, of Wilmington, G. Chaplain. 
“J. W. Cosby, of Raleigh, G. Marshal. 
_ Companion Pender asked and obtained leave of absence 
_ for the balance of. the session—also, the Delegates from 
| Union Chapter No. 17. 
|. On motion of Companion. Rankin, . 


~ Ordered, That the sum of Twenty Dollars be. rae | to the Grand Secre- 
q tary, by the Grand Treasurer. 


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Companion P. “\’. Fanning offered the oes Resolu- 
tion, which was adopted— 
Whereas, it has been represented that Union Chapter No. 17, has henter : 


at considerable expense in erecting a building for Masonic purposes, which | 
their pecuniary circumstances will not enable them to complete—therefore 


Resolved, That the Grand Chapter appropriate the sum of Fifteen Dol- 
lars to aid Union Chapter in its laudable undertaking, and which the Grand 
Treasurer is hereby authorized to hand over. 


Also, the following Resolution, which was s unanimously | 


passed— , 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter be tendered the Grand 
Secretary, Louis C. Pender, for the promptness and ability with which he 
has discharged the duties of his office. | 


Companion. Burr moved 


That the Installation of Officers Elect take place to-mor- 
row morning at 10.0’clock, and that M. E.G. H. P., A. 
Martin, be requested to officiate on the occasion, which was 
adopted. ) 

The Grand Chapter called off from labor, ‘to refresh 


ment until 10 o ’clock, to-morrow. 
L. C. PENDER, Grand Sec.’ y- 





WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6ru, 1849—10 O’CLOCK, A. M., 
The M. E. Grand Chapter resumed labor. 


PRESENT : 
M. KK. Alfred Martin; .. G.H.P. 
SPW: Fanning, G. K. 
‘«* « Lewis Bond, G.S. p. t. 
fon LEW 3 Brown, Nabe Gu Tae 
RG. Rankin, G. Sec.’y, p. t. 
“JW. Cosby, PIG iMacpetiy 12 
‘ A. P. Repiton, | Gy PaS? prety 
‘ W. W. Brickell, a Geb A teC: oder te 
«J. T. Marriott, — G. M. 3 V. p.t. 
 'T. Loring, G. M. 2 V. p. t., 
‘“ D. Teller, G. M.1 V.p. t. 
“ Jno. Banks, G. Tyler. 





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‘ Representatives from Subordinate Chapters : 


voncord No. 1, Companions T. Burr, Jr., R. G. Rankin 
Roanoke No. A, Companion W. W. Brickell. 

CSoncord No. 5, Companion Lewis Bond. 

: aRaleigh No. 10, Companions J W. Cosby, J. T. iiscriee 


_. Vasiters—Companions W. W. Harriss, H: P. Russell, 
: uN P. Repiton, T. Loring, D. Teller. 
The following Companions were then duly installed in 
their respective ‘offices, by P..G. H. P..A. Martin : 
i M. bE. P. W. Fanning, G. H. P. 
oy ‘  « Lewis Bond, G 
a « oW. W. Brickell, G. 
- ‘© T. W. Brown, GT, 
Na “« R.G. Rankin, ,G 
y «“ Rev. A. P. Repiton, G 
“ J. W. Cosby, G. Marshal. 

_..The M. E. G. H. P. appointed M. Kk. W. G.. Hill, of 
‘ Raleigh, D. G. H. P., and Garpaniga John Banks, Grand 
' Tyler. 
), On motion it was rarest RSS a ae 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due to P. G. H. P. 


‘A. Martin, for the zeal and fidelity he has ever manifested in the discharge of 
_ his official duties as well as his uniform courtesy asa Companion. 










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The Committee on Chapters of Edenton and Windsor, 
_ made the following report: 
The Committee appointed on that portion of the M. E. 
 G.H. P’s address, relating to Edenton and Windsor Chap- 
"ters, recommend that the whole matter be again referred 
_ to the G. H. Priest, who is hereby authorised to take dis- 
- eretionary steps in the premises ; even to the suspension or 
expulsion of any or all the parties above implicated, who 
may in anywise manifest refractory Euan Tey 
(aa submitted, 
gua W FANNING, C om 
T. BURR. Jr., Bee ommittee. 


The Committee on the Funds of the Old Grand Chap- 
_ ter, submitted the following report : 


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The Committee to whom was referred that portion ot the 
address of the M. Ir. G. H. P., relating to the Funds of the 
Old Grand Chapter, recommend that the matter be referrec 
to the M. E. G. H. P. to investigate and settle. ae 

cata a eG submitted, J. W. COSBY, on 
R. G. RANKIN, 
~The Committee on Returns reported. . 

The Corban on returns bey ne to report, ‘tha’ 
returns from Concord Chapter No. 1, W ilmington: 
Concord Chapter No. 5, Tarboro’, Raleigh Chapter’ No 
10, Raleigh, Union Chapter No. 17, Duplin, and Gas. 
ton Chapter No, 18, Roxboro’, Person County, under Dis 
pensation, have been placed in their hands, examinec 
and found correct, exeept some informality in the list of offi 
cers and members of some Chapters ; the-names of the offi. 
cers being included in both lists, and some informality inno’ 
making use of proper Masoniclanguage, which your Commit 
tee believe should always be preserved ; in the latter case 
your Committee allude to Gaston Chap., Roxboro’. By the 
above returns it appears that during the last year, Concorc 
Chapter No. 1, has exalted Thirteen, Raleigh No. 10. Six. 
teen, Union Chap. No. 17, One, and Gaston Chap. No. 18 
Fourteen, in all Forty-four exaltations, but your Committe¢ 
have to regret that the returns show that there have beer 
six deaths ‘during the same period of time. Your Commit 
tee further state that no other returns from Chapters have 
come into their npnds: but those abone enumerated. | 

ee LEWIS BOND, Chairman. 

The Comrnittan: on nip roweadia cs of Subordinate Chapters 
made the following report: 

‘The Committee on Proceedings of an ee Chapters 
beg leave to report, that. the Proceedings of Gaston Chap: 
ter No. 18, Roxborough, are the only Proceedings of Sub: 
ordinate Chapters, which have come into their hands, and 
the Committee on Dispensations and Charters having re- 
ported on the proceedings. of said Chapter supercedes the 
necessity of any further Report of this Committee. sin The 
Pemeatteee therefore, jar Na to be discharged. 

or ‘LEWIS BOND, hatin 





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And the Committee on Accounts reported. 










Report of Committee cn Accounts. 


The Committee on Accounts beg leave to report, that 
ey have discharged the duty. assigned to them, and find 
at the Books of the Grand Secretary and ‘Treasurer 
ve been well and correctly kept, and proper vouchers ex- 
bited for all payments, 


By the Report of Committee on Accounts for past year, 
balance was in hands of Grand Treasurer, of $113 40 
eceipts for present year have been from 


-oncord Chapter No. 1, dues to 1850 15 00 
--oanoke ft; NOS 8 i 1849 15 00: 
: ‘‘oncord: OL BENGH Oa TRE He 1850. ss TS: 005 
waleigh, ) 44) 1)No..10, eles 2M AD 15 00» 
aston «No. i ‘‘ Dispensation, 50 00 
vege 04 $223 00 
he payments are, to G. Secretary, and for ig t 43 10. 
ing proceedings, , 
-eaving balance in hands of G. Treasurer of $1 80 30° 
The following Chapters are in arrears: ; 
nion No. 17, Duplin, one year, to 1849 $15 00 


hoenix No. 2, bapatie lis two years, “ 9“ + 80 00 
~ureka No. 7, Newbern, EE BQIOO 
aston No, 18, Roxhoro’,’’ Under Dispensation, : 

(Dues; Exaltation. 14. Companions, at: $2 sc 2B 00 


$103. 00 


ok dove eraninis not yet audited by the Committee on Claims, 
+e to be paid, which will reduce the present amount. im 
“ands of Grand Treasurer. oats 
1 op hg Respectfully submitted, | | 
| bran sae W. W. BRICKELL, 
4 ee AL Se RANKIN. 


an of which were receiv ed and adopted. 


to 


The Grand’ Chapter then called off from labor to refrest 
ment, until 3 o’clock, P. M. : 


R. G. RANKIN, G. Sec’y. 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 3 O’CLOCK. 


The M. E. Grand Chapter met and resumed labor. 
| PRESENT; 


M. i. P. W. Fanning, Crees GT tak 
ie AY Martin, Baa Gri He Sis 
«Lewis Bond, (eae @ 
Coat. Wa. W.,. brickell, G. S. 
« 'T. W. Brown, G. T. 
“ R. G. Rankin, G. Sec.’y 
‘J. W. Cosby, G. M. 
iL. BUIT,. Jr, G.P.S. p. t. 
“H. P. Russell, pl > yrs eer eg Mg 
« QD. Teller, .G.M.3 V. p. t. 
‘¢ A. P. Repiton, Go Meo. Dp. t. 
fe ida. bk. WvLarriott,. Eb bala ih 
« J. Banks, Cry vier. 


And the Representatives from Subordinate Chapters : 
Concord No, 1, Com..R. G. Rankin, and T. Burr, Jr. | 
Roanoke “4, 4... W. W. Brickell. sete Acs Oeu 
Concord... “.5,. “ . vewis Bond. id slum ltce 
Raleigh 10, “. J. W. Cosby, and J. 1. Marriott. 

 Visiters—Companions H. P. Russell, D. Teller, and J 
Wilkinson. fo i Yona) ad 

By request, the Grand Chapter called off for the purpos 
of giving Concord Chapter No. 1, the use'of the Hall for 
short time, and then resumed labor. pice 7 
‘ The Committee on Returns, to whom was referred tha 
portion of the M. E: G. H. P.’s address relating to Eure 
ka Chapter No. 7, reported. | si Me 

The Committee on Returns to whom was referred tha 
portion of the M. E. G. High Priest’s address, concernin{ 
Eureka Chapter No. 7, recommend that the subject be re 
ferred to the M. FE. Grand High Priest, for his consider: 
tion hereafter. L. BOND, Chairman. 

Which was received and adopted. 


The Committee on Foreign esta ae the 
oe report: 


To the M. E. Grand Cheaper of Nor th Carolina : ist | 


; The Committee on Foreign Communications, i in depre- 
bstiue censure for a meagre and imperfect report, have 
the unpleasant duty of stating in extenuation of their 
anavoidable delinquency, the ‘circumstance, ‘that, with 
. single exception only, all the Grand Chapters of the 
United States have failed to forward to this Body, 
sopies of their Proceedings. Indiana alone, has ‘been 
indful of that courtesy and good feeling, characteris- 
ac of the Brotherhood, and which in so eminent a 
legree tends to the cultivation of pure Fraternal emo- 
ions. The oversight in our Sister State jurisdictions 
for we cannot for a moment entertain the idea that it wa. 
mtentional neglect) is to be regretted for various reasons. 
\part from the interest naturally consequent upon the as- 
emblage of the recognized head of a powerful institution, 
frosted “with age, but strong in a vitality superior to change 
ad time, are the evidences of its progress, its capacity for 
loing good, and the adjudication of Masonic principles 
nd conflicting law. The Committee in the absence of 
he reports of the several Grand J urisdictions are. deprived 
if the benefit of these influences, and are dependent solely. 
xpon the Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of the State 
f. Indiana, for the little information it is in its power to 
ommunicate. From it we gather that the spirit of .Ma- 
onry 18 fulfilling its high destiny as a great moral agent. 
n the amelioration of the human family, that peace and. 
sood feeling generally prevail throughout the different . 
urisdictions, and that the beautiful tenets and professions 
of the Institution are silently recommending themselves to . 
he affections of the world, through the efficacious agency). 
sf their practice and illustration. ~ In the proceedings above 
luded to, the Committee discover several topics of inter- .. 
ist to the Fraternity, which it is their desire to. present. for — 
he action of this Grand Chapter—and one of which is the. . 


ong mooted question ‘Can 2 Royal Arch .Mason he ex- ». 





























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pelled or suspended from a regular Chapter, after a legal 
notice of charges and proper hearing, for un-masonic con-: 
duct, and remain in good standing and fellowship with. 
Master Masons?’’ Your Committee are. of the opinion | 
that expulsion from a Chapter, does not necessarily deprive | 
the delinquent of his right of membership in a Blue Lodge. 
In their humble judgment, the degrees from Entered Ap- 
prentice up to Royal Arch, constitute two separate, and | 
distinct, and beautiful branches of one and the same Insti- 
tution, governed by the same.laws, and founded for the 
same beneficent aim—yet apart for practical purposes. The. 
By-Laws, Rules and Regulations of a Chapter, may be vio-- 
lated, as in the non-payment of dues, yet the Brother may 
be square with the Treasurer of the Blue Lodge on his 

Books—and in other respects, be a. valuable member. A 

forteiture of his rights, therefore, for a mere omission of a 

duty involving in itself no moral turpitude, but caused per-— 
haps, from accidental circumstances, or the necessities of 

situation, seems unjust.and.harsh, and not warranied by 

the Constitutions. Such, at least, has been the construc- 

tion in this Institution—and one in which we concur. 


Another topic of interest, is the position of the Degrees 
of Royal and Select Master, and their parent head. ‘“Whe- 
ther they attach to a Chapter, or are subjéct to a Grand 
Council—and whether they should not be conferred before 
the Royal'Arch?” We believe it has ‘been the practice in 
this State to confer those Degrees after the Royal Arch, and 
in the absence of a Grand Council, by regular Chapters. 
Your Committee are free to acknowledge that the Degrees _ 
above stated, in their humble judgment, appear to be the — 
peculiar and almost necessary property of the Chapters, — 
(and should in all cases be conferred prior to the Royal . 
Arch.) © In this arrangement, they present “a most expres- — 
sive and beautiful chain of traditionary history,” which is 
renderéd disjointed and incomplete by any other position. 
Even the Royal Arch Degree, the summit of Masonry, 1s 
unsatisfactory and imperfect without the explanation afford- 
ed by them. Your committee are perfectly aware that this 


Pea ieen 
ist ee 
Wd ts 


_-construction comes in conflict with high Masonic authority 
‘in this Jurisdiction, but they feel encouraged by the ‘co-op- 
eration of the Grand Chapters of at least Virginia and 
Florida in this view Of the subject, and probably other 
State Grand Bodies. Atall events, whether it be the es- 
tablished law or a Sa etey 0 thereof, every intelligent mind 
must acknowledge that the Chapter Degrees are rendered 
infinitely more connected, interesting, and beautiful Dy this 
| econ nment than the other. 








a “In all cases of disputed law, it is eae ana proper that 


there should be an arbiter in the last resort—a parent head, 
“whose adjudication should be final and conclusive, whose 
"settlement of mooted points should be acknowledged and 
“obeyed. And for this purpose the Institution should pos- 
ie sess inherent power to compel obedience to its mandates— 
it should be learned—vigilant and firm, temperate, just, 
. prudent, and inflexible—deciding questions after painful 
. research, mature deliberation, and solemn convictions, and. 
afterwards upholding them with con sistency. Tf it fail im 
4 | this—if it neglect any of its high duties—if 1ts decisions are 
not respected or regarded and it cannot compel obedience— 
ie it is worse than useless—it is in fact injurious—it cannot 
‘ answer the purposes of its creation and should therefore be 
‘ annihilated. It has been affirmed by some of the Grand 

! Chapters that the General Grand Chapter of the United 
' States has not fulfilled the objects of its establishment, that 
‘ it does not settle Masonic Lan, “preserve the ancient land 
“ marks of the Order from innovation, and determine a uni- 
' form mode of working.” If this be so, (and we quote from 
» the proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Florida, which 
' institution has withdrawn its allegiance or connection from 
, the General Grand Chapter,) it is most certainly deeply to 
I te regretted, Your Committee are decidedly in favor of a 
" Supreme Tribunal for the purpose of procuring uniformi- 
* ty, when that design is fully carried into effect, but an im- 
- éfficient head retards progress, is Inconvenient. and: oppres- 
sive, and presents a false position before the world. An 
Institution cherished and obeyed by a portion of its Sub- 


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ordinates—neelected by a second—and treated with con- 
tumely and contempt bv a third, affords by its anomalous. 
situation the best commentary upon the value and purposes 
ofits creation. Your Committee are not prepared to affirm 
that the General Grand Chapter has failed in its high func- 
tions, or will not in time discharge its delicate and onerous 
duties, but they will say with regret that it does not pay 
that close attention to details which in the judgment of 
your Committee is requisite. It also appears to their minds: 
that the decisions of that Grand Body upon conflicting 
Masonic points, (and which are constantly arising,) are de- 
layed too great a length of time in consequence of its Con- 
vocations occurring but once in three years. The meetings 
should be more frequent—errors and irregularities under 
this arrangement may exist for that period to the great 
detriment of the Craft, when they might be corrected or 
abolished. In conclusion the Committee desire, briefly to 
felicitate their Companions, upon the onward progress of 
Masonry—its invisible and powerful links are binding 
together all the nations and tongues of the earth. May it 
be soever! Happy is he who with penetrating eye can sur- 
vey and admire its external form and beauty, and looking 
further and. deeper. than the surface, radiant with light 
though it.be, catch glimpses of the divine Spirit. of Truth 


beyond, 7 Respectfully submitted, | Y 
saan 6h x TALCOTT BURR, Jr., Chairman.. 
re: JAMES T. MARRIOTT. 


‘When on motion to receive and adopt, it. was | 


Resolved, That that portion of the report relating to the Royal and Selec: 
~ Degrees, be referred to a special Committee of three, to report at the next 
‘Annual Convocation, and that the balance be received and adopted. : 


. “The M. E. G. H. P, appointed Companions A. Martin, 
P. G. H. P., J. W. Cosby and E. L. Winslow, said Com- 
mittee. — | | 
Companion Cosby submitted the following resolutions, 
which were adopted— — 








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| Resolved, That no Chapter under. this jurisdiction shall.confer:the Chap- 
_er degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, M. E. Master, Royal Arch, or Royal 
‘and Select Master, upon any one hailing from the jurisdiction of another Grand 
| Chapter. Nor shall they confer the same on any Mason hailing from ano- 
ther State unless he shall produce a written permission signed by the High 
Priest and Secretary of the Chapter nearest his, place of residence: Any 
Chapter acting contrary to this Resolution, shall forfeit the fees received for 
such exaltation to the Chapter under whose jurisdiction the one so exalted 
esided, except in the case of his being a non resident of this State—when 
he fees shall be forfeited to the Grand Chapter. 


Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due, and are hereby 
endered, to St. John’s Lodge No. 1, and Concord Chapter No. 1, for the use 
f their Hall, and for their polite attention to the comfort and convenience of 
he members of this Grand Body. 















On motion of Companion Burr, 


Resolved That 250 copies of these proceedings be published under the 

peupervigion of the Grand Secretary, and that the names of the officers and 
, their places of residence be printed in a conspicuous portion thereof. Also, 
that they be distributed to the different Subordinate Chapters, and Grand 

‘Chapters of the different States, and the General Grand Chapier of the 
United States, with all possible dispatch. 


; P. G. H. P. A. Martin offered the following resolution, 
which was adopted— 





| Whereas, it has been represented to this Grand Chapter, that some of the 
+;Chapters in this jurisdiction require instruction and assistance in pin! 
.) the Degrees—therefore | 


4 Resolved, That the M. E. G. H. P. be instructed to enquire’ of Bn! if 
{such is the case, and if necessary, send some one who is competent to assist 
_, them. 


'. The»Grand Chapter called off until to-morrow, 10 
‘0 ‘clock, A.M. 
: R. G. RAS Grand Seoretary: 





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. THURSDAY, JUNE, Tr, 1849—10 O'CLOCK, A. M.., 


“The M. E. Grand Chapter met and resumed ss 
: PRESENT : 


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“M.E.P. W. Fanning, G. H. BD, | 
pwente “A Vfred Martin, Pi H. P me 
_« « Lewis Bond, G. K. >| 
pra SA WS Brickell, Gos: 4 

« D. Teller, Cee pe ty \ 
« R.G. Rankin, G. Sec.’y. te 
(J. W. Cosby, Gu My 4 
« D. McRae, 2 ye Ga = a al | 
“ D. McMillan, G. R.A. C, p. t. / 
“J, Walker, Jr., GoM.3 Ve pats i 
3. T. Marriott, GaN 2 Vi pe t. i! 
Sh Ul iat Crib Meat i 
_ Jno. Banks, , P ylerm 


Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 


Concord No. 1, Companions T. Burr, Jr., R. a ne | 
Roanoke No. A, «  W.W. Brickell. HAR, ‘ 
Concord No.5, ‘“ Lewis Bond, | 

Raleigh No. 10, di a dae, Cosby, J. be Marriott. 


Visiters.—D. McMillan, J. Walker, Jr., D. ge and 
D. McRae. Call 


“P. G. HL P. offered the following Resolution : 


Whereas the Royal and Select Degrees are claimed by many of the 
Chapters of Royal Arch Masons in this country, as well as byl the Coun- 
cils of R. and S. Masters—therefore si 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Grand Chaie. that the oni 
way in which this question can be permanently, and amicably _ settled, will 
be for the General Grand Chapter, at its next Convocation, to recom- 
mend a Convocation of Delegates from each Chapter claiming the Degrees, 
as well as the Councils and other Associations making claim thereto, for the 
purpose of determining to whom they properly belong, and combining oe 
or the other of the claimants in the right to thew. 


No further business appearing, the Grand Chapter closed: 
im ample form, to. meet verih on the first Monday in June 
next. i | R. G RANKIN, G. Sec’y. | 


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Returns of Chapters working under the Sanat af this 


Grand Chapters nm 

Concord Chapter, No. 1 —Wilmington. yr 
| OFFICERS : 

M. E. Isaac Northrop, High Priest. 

Minott po Jameésoh Ma ber, King. 

fi tty DD A. Igamront, Scribe. 

Comp. A. Paul Repiton, Secretary. 
i John A. Taylor, Treasurer. 


as Robert G. Rankin, 


e George Harriss, 
+ John H. Dall, 


m Henry P. Russell, 
John Walker, Jr., 


Captain of the Host. 
Principal Sojourner. 
Royal Arch Captain. 
Master 3d Veil. 
Master 2d Veil. 


« Robert Fenner, Master Ist Veil. 

ff A. Faul Repiton, Chaplain. 

Hh John Banks, Janitor. » 
MEMBERS. 


Alfred Martin, 
A. B. Chesnut, 
Alexander MacRae, Sr., 
Phineas W. Fanning, 

Thomas Marshall, 


Treat F. Peck, 
‘Thomas Cowan, 
Owen Fennell, 
George R. French, 


J. R. Redman, 


Solomon Teller, 
‘Thomas F. Gause, 
Thomas J. Faison, 
_ John Christian, 
—Wilham W. Harriss, 
Wilham Closs, 
hi V. Kelly, 


Talcott Burr, Jr.,. 
Benjamin G. Bates, 


John Walker, h fe 
Lewis H. Marsteller, | 
Stephen D. Wallace, 
Charles B. Morris, 
John Smith, 

Elias Wolfe, 

‘Thomas D. Meares, 
Thomas W. Brown, 
John S. James, 

O. M. Chesnut, 


'D. E. Roberts, 


Joseph Wilkinson, = 
John D. Powers, 
William D. Smith, 
William C. Parks, 
Robert Maxwell, 


William A. Burr; 
- Dougald McMillan, 


J. R. Beaman, 


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J. AsSilliman,: Cyrus Packard, 
E. J. Lutterloh, —. D. Teller, 
Alexander MacRae, Jr., Joseph Green, 
Asa A. Brown, {saac B. Smith, 


William Murphy. 
Admitted 1; Exalted 13; Withdrawn 0; Deaths 0 
I;xpulsions 0; Suspensions 0; Rejections 1. 


RO ET 


Phoenix, No. 2,—Fayetteville-——No Returns. 





Roanoke,.. No. 4,—Halifax—Rec’d since G. Convocation 








) OFFICERS :; 
M. ki. C. N. Webb, High Priest. 
6 ok. WW. Brickell, King. 
ve dewiNe ls, 12. Jaane, Scribe. 
Comp. A. V. Russell, C. H. 
WwW. W. Daniel, Pp... 
“o"- John ‘T! Pope, BA. 
“ ~ Geo. W. Owen, Master 3d Veil. 
«Wm. FE. Lane, oil sae e.g 
« Wm. H, Underhill, i 4s ile 
«oF. Si Marshall, ‘Treasurer. 
« «J.J. Anderson, Secretary. 
oe Janitor. 
MEMBERS : 
Chas. N. Webb, A. Vic: Rarssellyy cian 
John T. Pope, | J .3.,,. Anderson, 4 
William L. Long, F. S. Marshall, 
George W. Owens, Sait AVALOS. cutie 
W.W. Daniel, WwW, W. Brickell, 
W.H. Underhill, | Cyprian Cross, | 
H. A. Sledge, Hezekiah Lassiter, sit | 
John W. Heptinstall, » 'T. S. Brownlow, 


James B. Yellowley, — Cary Whitaker, 


, _ 


James Simmons, 
Alfred W. Simmons, 
George W’. Gary, 
William E. Lane, 


_ Albert G. Jones, 


M. C. Whitaker, 
Sterling H. Gee, 

T. L. B. Gregory, 
Rev. Thos. G. Lowe, 
William H. Ponton, 


James W., Faucell. 
J.J. ANDERSON, Secretary: 


Concord, No. 5,—Tarboro’. 
OFFICERS : 


M. E. Louis Bond, 


«William Norfleet, 
«Benjamin Batts, 
Comp. Louis C. Pender, 
‘¢ James EF’, Jenkins, 
‘*  Wilham-S. Baker, 
« William H. Hines, 
« Simmons B. Staton, 


High Priest. 

King. 

Scribe. 

Secretary. 
‘Treasurer. , 
Captain of the Host. 
Principal Sojourner. 
Royal Arch Captain. 


«Arthur S$. Mooring, Master 3d Veil, 

« . Bryant Bennett, «2d Veil, 

«Solomon Pender, i LSU Pils 

* Robert. H. Pender, Janitor. 
MEMBERS : 


Benjamin M. Jackson, 
William D. Bryan, 


- Daniel 8. Crenshaw, 
~ William H. Smith, 
Bryant Bennett, 

— Wilham H. Smith, 
. John H. Drake, 
I}xaltations, 0; . Rejections, 0; Withdrawals, 0; Deaths, 2 


: 


ai 


. 


i 


—eo 0; Suspensions, 0. 


Arthur K. Barlow, 
Arthur 8S. Mooring, 
Josiah 8S. Pender, 
John Mooring, 
Andrew E. Gills,” 
Jesse H. Drake, - 
William Crocket: | 


LEWIS BOND, High Freee 


1 PENDER, Secretary. 





Bureka Pay No. 7,—Newbern.—No Returns, 


Rifai 


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oth joi rape ane 1, No. 10 Raleigh. 
* weeawnrhy Gey OFFICERS: ne oe 
oM. 8, pyre Wai C, Hill.) High Priest ” 
o“eo« Charles H. Johnson, eK eee 
«« Dabny Cosby, — ~ Seribe. 
Comp. William H. Mead, Captain of the Host. 
Wilham D. Pookast - Principal Sojourner. 
Robert W. Seawell, Royal Arch Captain. 
e James T, Marriott, Master 3d Veil. 
* J. J. Biggs, Master 2d Veil. 
ne J. R. Harrison, Master Ist Veil. 
«William F. Collins, | Treasurer. ‘ 
“William D. Haywood, Secretary, — 
. Richard W. Ashton, _ Janitor, ie abe 


eka a Nt: MAD: 
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MEMBERS: 


Joseph T. Hunter, James G. Teffkeys, , 
John W. Cosby, Joseph Woltering, 
Willie W. Johnson, ~ Alston A. Jones, 
William T. Bain, Wille D. Jones, 
Daniel B. Griffin, C2 Wie De Hutchings, 
James D. Newsom, Joseph D, Powell, 

J. M. Lovejoy, Wi deChrk 


Exalted 16; Suspended 0; Expelled 0; Rejected 0; 


Meaths. 2; W ithdrawals 0. 
WM. G. HILL, High Priest. 


WM. DALLAS Hous) OOD, ‘Secretary. 


jet: Haag 


- Zerubbabel, No. 11,-Edenton.—No Returns. " ‘ 





Union, No. 17 ,—Duphn. oe 


OFFICERS : 
M. ‘5. Luther R. Loftin, High Priest. 
nt 4 HM. ines, 2 +" King. 
«Felix: B. Millard, 1 Soribe. 


Comp. Joel Loftin, — Capt. of the Host. 


Et on SOR ee BSS ee 


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Cony Wi. F. Pollock, Principal Sojourner. 
Samnel Loftin, Royal Arch Captain, 
+ ey. to Bowden, Master 3d Veil. 
“ James M. Blount, Master 2d Veil. 
“ Buckner Bowden, Master lst Veil. 
“« James G. Dickson, ‘Treasurer. | 


Be Oe FA: , Secretary. 
“ .Jobn F. Rhodes, Janitor ite 
MEMBERS: 

L. R. Loftin, D. Jones, 
Eli M. Hines, John E. Beckton, 
John F. Rhodes, Daniel Glisson, 
C. J. Oates, Daniel Bowden, 
John Wright, B. B, Alten, 
Wilham F. Pollock, Jesse J. Baker, 
James G, Dickson, B. Bowden, 
©. D. Hill, A. R. Hicks, 
David Wright, | Henry Swinson, 
James Winders. James W. Blount, 
x, W. Wallace, B. C. Bowden, 
Samuel Loftin, Felix B. Millard, 
Daniel B. Newton, Oates S. Lewis, 
James Griswold, Uzzell G. Harold, 
Joel Loftin, W. Hallowell, 


James M. McDuffy. 


Exalted 1; Rejected 1; Withdrawn 0; Deaths 2; ie. 
pelled 0; Suspended 0. 
J, R. LOFTIN, High Priest. 
C. D. Hill, Secretary. 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OF THE 
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER 

OF 

AT 1TS 

FOURTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION, 
IN 
WILMINGTON, N. C., 

ON 


“MONDAY, THIRD DAY OF JUNE, 


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PROCEEDINGS OF 


The Fourth Annual Convocation of the M. E. Grand Roy- | 
al Arch Chapter of North Carolina, begun and held in | 
the Hatt or St Joun’s Longe, No. 1, in Wilmington, | 
N. C., on Monday, the 3d day of June, a. d., 1850, | 


A. 1., 2380. 
PRESENT : 

M. Kk. P. W. Fanning, G. H. Priest 

« « J.T. Marriott, G. K. p. t. 

«  &% A, T. Jerkins, G.S. p.t 
« Thos. W. Brown, G. Tr. 
« Rob’t G. Rankin, G. Sec’y, 
« J. W. Cosby, G. M. 
« L. L. Stevenson, G, P.S. p. t. 
“¢ A, Martin, G, R. A. ©. p. t. 
es) Teller; G, M. 3 Veil, p. t 
« A. P. Repiton, G. C.,and G, M. 2 Veil, p. t 
« Asa A. Brown, G, M. 1 Veil, p. t 
“ John Banks, G. Tyler. 


Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
Concord No. 1, R. G. Rankin, H. P., A. A. Brown, 8. 
Kureka No.7, A. T. Jerkins, H. P. 

Raleigh No. 10, J. W. Cosby, James T, Marriott. 
Prayer by Grand Chaplain. 
The Grand Chapter opened in Solemn form. 
The . E.G. H. Priest appointed the following Com- 
mittees— 
On Credentials, Companions Martin, and Cosby. 
On Unfinished Business, Jerkins, and Rankin. 
The Grand Chapter called off from labor to refreshment, 
till 3 P.M. 





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MONDAY, $ O'CLOCK, P. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 


| PRESENT: 
M. E. P. W. Fanning, Ce lpi en 
i tA Martin, eee 4 His w gal ca 
pV ee iOS. a NV. brown, Cr. ol reas. 
© R. G. Rankan, | Cec. %. 
LA Cos liv, G. M 
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— Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
| Coneord No. I; '‘R.-G! Rankin, “H-"P?, Asa A. Brown, 'S. 
— Concord No. 5, Wm. Geo. ‘Thomas, H. P. 

Sauurera No, 7, Aol. Jerkins, Hyaie 

Raleigh No. 10, J. W. Cosby, J.T. Marriott. 

| Union No. d7;, E,W. Hines, HW. P., Le. R. Loftin: 


_ Vistrors—M. BE. L. L. Stevenson, P. G. H. P., of Grand 
Chapter of Virginia. Companions T. Marshall, hos. 
J. Hudson, T. Burr, Jr, and D. McRae. 
Companion Martin, from the Committee on Credentials, 
made the following report, which was received and adopted: 


The Committee on Credentials have performed the duty 
assigned them, and find the Credentials from the following 
_ Chapters correct. 


- From Concord Chapter, No. 1. Wilmington, M. E. R. G. 
Rankin, I. H. Marsteller, and A. A. Brown. Concord 
Chapter No. 5, Tarboro’, M. k. W.G. Thomas. Ra- 
leigh Chapter No. 10, Raleigh, J. W. Cosby, and 
J. U. Marriott. Kureka Chapter No.7, Newbern, M, 
¥. A, T. Jerkins. Union Chapter No. 17, Duplin, M. 
BE. EO Wo Himes, and iL. ‘R. Goftin. 
Respectiully submitted, 
| Bone rua Committee. 


The Resolution of Companicn Cosby, published on 
pige 20, printed proceedings of last Convocation, was or- 
dered to be corrected and is as follows: 


Resolved, That no Chapter vnder this jurisdiction shall confer the Chap- 
ter degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, M. E. Master, Royal Arch, or 


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Royal and Select Master, upon any one hailing from the jurisdiction of ano- 
ther Chapter; nor shall they confer the same on any Mason hailing from 
another State, unless he shall preduce a written permission signed by the 
High Priest and Secretary of the Chapter nearest his place of residence.— 
Any Chapter acting contrary to this Resolution, shall forfeit the fees receiy- 
ed for such exaltation to the Chapter under whose jurisdiction the one so 
exalted resided, except in the case of his being a non-resident of this State— 
when the fees shall be forfeited to the Grand Ch: pter. 


The M. E. G. H. P, announced the following standing 
Committees : 


On pioceedings and returns of Subordinate Chapters, 
Companions Marriott, and ‘T. W. Brown. 


On Foreign Communications, Companions Rankin, Thom- 
as, and Cosby. 


On Dispensations and Charters, Companions Martin, and 
Loitin. 


On Accounts, Companions Cosby, and Hines. 
On Claims, Companions Jerkins, and A. A. Brown. 


Companion Martin introduced the following Preamble 
and Resolution, which was adopted— 


Wuereas, by dispensation of Providence, and from other causes beyond 
its control, Eureka Chapter, No. 7, revived by the Grand Chapter in 1848, 
hes been dormant during the years 1848-49, and but recently revived again. 


Resotvep, ‘hat the sum of $30 charged against said Chapter for dues, 
during the time of its suspension, be remitted. 


The M. E.G. H. P. submitted his annual Report, which 
was received, ordered to be spread upon the minutes and 
referred to a special Committ-e, consisting of Companions 
Martin and Jerkins, for disposal of its various subjects. 


To THE Orricers anpD Members or THe Granp Cuaprer: 

We have assembled, Companions, in obedience to Constitutional provision, to 
perform the high and responsible dues devolving upon us, im the character of 
Parent Head of Royal Arch Masonry iu North Carolina. As we are now, within 
this temple, toenterupon our labors, let us view the place whereon we stand as holy 
ground, putting off our shoes from off our feet, lest we commit oflence—and more 
especially let us divest our minds of every selfish consideration, of every intruding 
feeling not in perfect harmony with the principles we profess, of every prejudice 
and every insinuating impulse, caleniated in the remotest degree to mar our de- 
liberations or dishonor the noble cause which weare so solemnly obligated to 
protect and promote. But above all, let us invoke upon our present communica- 
tion the blessing of the Supreme High Priest who presides in the celestial Grand 
Chapter above-——whose decorations are even as the enchantments of Heaven, and 
into which the secret of initiation to every created being will be wortha world! 


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Itis ineumbent on the Presiding Officer to exercise a general supervision 
throughout all the departments of his jurisdiction, to notice all passing events 
connected with the interest of the Institution, to communicate annually to the 
Garand Chapter the condition of the craft, and to propose such measures for their 
consideration as, in his judgment, may seem best calculated to promote the grand 
object of our association. 


While it is always painful, te the upright Mason, to perceive that difficulties and 
schisms are at times permitted to spring up in some divisions of our wide spread 
Order, yet there is a never failing consolation in the persuasion, forcing to a con- 
viction, that all such discordant propensities will finally yield to those benign in- 
fluences, peculiar to every Mason who kneels, without hypocricy, around our sacred 
altars, and there participates in those pure aud holy offerings which unerringly 
ascend to Heaven, to be blessed of Gud. A betier state of feeling already begins 
to manifest itself even in those sections which have been disaffected ; and as a 
consequence, breaches, more or less alarming, have been healed, and harmony 
restored, | am not aware, at this moment, that there exists among the fraternity, 
with perhaps a single exception, any disturbing question of moment, but what 
may and will be readily settied onthe square. ‘lo maintain a good understanding 
in individual intercourse, to cherish a reciprocal regard for the nghts and privileges 
of each other, and to evince the desire ot cultivating and extending fraternal rela- 
tions, are evidently predominating sentiments throughout the entire Masonic 
associauion. 

In speaking of the condition of the Order within our own immediate jurisdiction, 
Yam truly gratified in being able to represent it under us favorable auspices as the 
most enthusiastic could reasonably expect or desire. Our Chapters, generally, in 
the r disposition, are healthy and flourishing, advancing steadily in the elements of 
usefulness. From mostofthe Chapters | have flattering accounts, and all appearanx- 
ious to sustain a reproachlessreputation. Jam aware of no discordant feelings exis- 
ting in any quarter within our authority—on the contrary. there seems rather to be a 
commendable disposition to seek the true path of duty, and firmly to walk therein. 


I wil now proceed to spread before you an account of my own particular stew- 
ardship, during the recess of the Grand Chapter. To ‘Gaston Chapter No. 18,” 
at Roxboro’, | issued a Charter, the necessary requisitions having been comphed 
with. 

On proper application, I revived the Charter of ‘‘Chorizon Chapter No. 13,” at 
Greensboro’. ‘The fees in both cases have been placed in the Grand Treasury. 


On application, in proper form, | granted a Dispensation for a new Chapter at 
Plymouth. with the name “Key Stone’—Jobtn Mc C. Boyle, H. P., Kader Biggs, 
K., Thos. E. Pinder, S. 

Also, on similar application, I granted a Dispensation for anew Chapter at Salis- 
bury, by the name of ‘Salisbury”—Ezekiel Myers, H. P.. Myer Myers, K., 
Arch’d A. Caldwell. 8. The tees in both instances deposited as above. Ap- 
plieation for Charters will probably be made at the present Convocation. 

With. other Companions from this place, I some time since visited Duplin, and 
installed the Officers of ‘‘Union Chapter No. 17.” The ceremonies were per- 
formed in public, and a chaste Masonic address was delivered before a large and 
respectable assemblage. ‘lhe effect was most gratifying. 

On St. John’s day I installed the officers of Coneord Chapter No. 4, in this 
town—likewise public. 

On two occasions I summoned a Convention of High Priests, and duly invested 
with the Degree of High Priesthood, Companions E. W. Hines, H. P. of Union 
Chapter No. 17, and R. G. Rankin, H. P. of Concord Chapter No. 1, both of whom 
I installed. 

By action of the last Grand Chapter, the whole matter relative to Edenton and 
Windsor Chapters was referred to the G. H. Priest, with discriminating powers in 


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the premises. {am sorry to say that my efforts to obtain light, have not thus far 
been satisfactory. I wrote to Brother John Thompson, of Edenton, requesting 
him to examine into the condition of Zerubbabel Chapter, and report to me all 
particulars connected therewith; to which lam pleased to say, he responded very 

tromptiy. He represents the Chapter as having ceased work altogether, since 
the death of its High Priest, T. V. Hathaway; and that for some time previous 
it had worked very irreg ularly from various causes, until finally it ceased work 
altogether, and has remained in that condition for about two years. Immeciately 
on receiving this information, I commissioned Brother Thompson, in case there 
was no prospect of an effort being speedily made to have the Chapter re-instated, 
to take charge, in behalf of the Grand Chapter, of all its effects. I likewise en-~ 
closed a requisition on the Secretary and other persons having property belong- 
ing thereto in hand, to deliver the same over as above. No communication has 
since been received from Brother Thompson. 


At the same time I wrote Brother John R. Gilliam, of Windsor, to the same 
purport touching Windsor Chapter, but have yet received no reply. 


It was alro referred to the G. H. Priest to look into the affairs of Eureka Chap- 
ter; consequently, 1 addressed a communication to the High Priest, asking in- 
formation, and received a prompt answer from M. K. A. T. Jerkins, stating that 
the Chapter, owing to uncontrolable circumstances, had remained in the same 
unfortunate condition as when last reported—recently, however, it had been re- 
vived by Companion Stevenson, so that their path had become brightened, and. 
that they were now encouraged by cheering prospects for the future. A respect- 
able Representation from that Chapter may be expected. 


I also addressed the Hizh Priest of Phocenix Chapter No. 2, relative to its con- 
dition, and received a brief reply—it may be Represented the present session. 


Iam happy to Report that the matter relative to the old Grand Chapter Funds 
has been settled through Companion W. G. Hill, D.G.H. P., and that the amount 
of $100 has been paid over, and received in full for the indebteciness of the former G 
Treasurer, Companion E. B. Freeman, and 1s now placed in the Grand Treasury. 
Companion Freeman has always expressed a willingness to make a settlement, 
whenever the amount of his lability could be satisfactorily ascertained, the diffi- 
culty being occasioned by the less of vouchers, but is now adjusted according to 
his best recollections. 


I deem no further action by the Grand Chapter, on the above cases, at the present time, 
advisable, the existing Resolutions being of sufficient force to accomplish all that is desizn- 
ed or can be expected; and I have faith that further efforts will be attended with happier 
results, 


All the correspondence connected with these and other official duties are subject to the 
inspection ot the Gtand Ghapter. 


Companion I.. L.. Stevenson, Grand Lecture: of Virginia, having been co1imissioned 
by the Grand Lodge of our State to impart instructions to the several Subordinate Lodges, 
and being conversant with the Lectures and Work of the Arch Degrees, I thought the oc- 
casion of his visits would afford a favorable opportunity to the Chapters to enlist his servie 
ces and profit by his teachings; accordingly, I authorized him to respond to any calls 
designed to prom»te the views herein expressed. 


From the nature of their appointment, which cannot easily be remedied, it is well 
known that Committees of the Grand Chapter, as of other similar Bodies, are generally 
pressed for time to enable them sufficiently to investigate the various subjects committed 
to their charge, or to embody in a satisfactory form their conclusions; hence, they are often 
compelled to make hasty Reports, shadowing forth in some instances, positions not alto- 
gether detensible; and in’ others, adopting phraseology liable to be disadvantageously 
construed. In thus alluding to this evil, my object is to suggest to those liable to come in 
conflict, extreme caution on the one hand; and on the other, generous forbearance. 


A Resolution, requiring of all Chapters applying for a Charter a fee of $2 for each initi- 
ation, said to have been adopted by the Grand Chapter, was inadvertently omitted in the 


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printed Proceedings, causing Gaston Chapter to demur, justly perhaps, to a requisition 
which had not been promulgated. And I would now suggest the propriety of dispensing 
with that rule. provided it be satisfactorily ascertained that other resources will amply supe. 
ply the (rrand Treasury. Young Chapters. with feeble means, may sometimes be seriously 
oppressed by such exactions, however small, espe ially where resort is had, as ts often the 
case, to individual contributi ns to meet emergencies. 


In looking over the Grand Constitution, it seems to me to be defective in many particu- 
Jars, some of whic I deem it a duty to bring to your notice, as follows: 


Ist. In organizing a Grand Chapter, it is not provided what number of Chapters Repre- 
sented shall be necessary to cons'itute a quorum for the transaction of business, 


2d. In balloting, no provision is made, stipulating the number of votes each Chapter 
shall be entitled to cast—in other instances the number of votes allowed can unly be deter« 
mined by inference. 


3d, Article Third is deficient relative to the vote necessary in the election of Officers. 


4th. A form of Declaration, for the fu'filment of duties to be made by each Grand Offie 
cer previous to assuming his station, would not be out of place. 


Sth. No provision is made for the call of speetal meetings of the Grand Chapter. 


6th. It is not prescribed as to what delinquencies shall subject a Chapter to suspension 
or forfeiture of Charter, or what shall be the vispo-ition of its effects under such circume 
stances, 


7th. There appears to be an important omission in not enumerating more fully the du- 
ties of Grand Secretary and ‘Treasurer—in fact, the entire Constitution and By-Laws might 
be advantageously revised. 


A uniformity of practice in tegard to the opening in the severa} Degrees and of transact- 
ing business therein, does net prevail im our Chapters, nor is there an unanimity of senti- 
ment thereon, ‘lhis is certainly wrong; and it is respectfully submitted, that the propriety 
of providing a remedy be considered) On the occasion of being consulted by a Chapter, 
which declined opening inthe Mark Degree for work, in consequence of not being able, 
for lack of numbers, to open first inthe Arch, I commende! the course pursued It would 
unneve sarily consume your time bv entering into 6 lengihened arguinent to prove the cor- 
rectness 0 this position. ‘Nhe que-tion has been emphatically settled in the Blue Lodge, 
that mo business shall be transacied in the inferior Legre-s, saving such only as telongs 
to the work thereof, ‘lo my mind the same Rule is applicable ir: the Chayter. Open first 
in the Sup rior Degree, which is competent to act upon ativ question legitimately coming 
before it ; decide upou the work to be done; dispense with that Degree. open in the next 
appropriate, do the work, close, resume labor where you commenced, make up minutes, and 
close. Here is system, pursuing which none may err. 


There exists in the Regulations of the Grand Chapter no proviston relative to the phy- 
sical qualifications of Candidates for admission, I notice in the Proceedings of one of the 
Grand Chapters, that thy Grand Hich Priest decided against the admission of a Master 
Mas-n, in good standing. who had lost his right arm Under similar circumstances, and 
being satisfied that the applicant was actuated, by pure motives. and not likely, in corse- 
‘quence of the misfortune, to become a burden to ‘the Institution, I should. with all deference, 
have given a different deci.ion, Tam tully aware of the objections that may be urged 
against such practice—but they are not of sufficient w. ight or moment to overcome my 
abhorrence of depriviag a worthy individual of the sociahilities of life, simply on the plea 
that he was less fortunate and more phianthropic than myseif, having lost an eye ora linb— 
and that. probably, in the humane act of rescuing from Hanert or destruction a fellow creae 
ture—possibly, by the visitation of God. Would we thus add to his calamity 1 


The General Grand Constitution requires an unanimons vote in the admittance to mem- 
bership—the provision is omitted in our Constitution. In my humble opinion that matter 
should rest altogether with the Subordinates ; and neither this or the G. G. Chapter should 
usurp the prerogative of prescribing the terms upon which the members of a ( hapter shall 
accept associates, And while on this sulject, I may as well sxpress my views a litle more 
fully. ‘I'he Subordinates are undoubtedly bound faithful y to observe the Laws, Rules and 
Ediets of the Grand Chapter, without questioning their propriety ; and in case of doubt, 
the construction of the Grand High Priest must, for the time being, put it to rest. If, in 
any instance, there be encroachments or error apparent, the proper remedy must be sought, 


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in the only legitimate way, by appeal to the fountain head. It should be understood, that 
for every unwarranted or oppressive act of the Grand Chapter, the Subordinate Chapters 
are themselves censurable ; because, without their sanction, the cause of complaint could 
never have existed. 

There are some objectionable articles in the General Grand Constitution, upon which I 
wish to obtain an expression by this Grand Chapter; but unfortunately there is nota copy 
of that instrument at my command. One article, however, occurs to me—and that, requir- 
ing a fee of $90 for a Charter. A charge so enormous, in every point of view, would seem 
to be almost a prohibition, and is uncalled for—$50 weuld bea little more within the bounds 
of reason. Another article, requiring an unconditional fee from all initiates, would be well 
amended, by leaving it with the Subordinates to exempt Clergymen at their discretion. 


While I would maintain the right, thus respectfully to express disapprobation of excep- 
tionable Ordinances which I am not at liberty to disobey, and to insist in a becoming spirit, 
for their modification ; still, I cannot join with those in whom] perceive a disposition to 
disregard the enactments of the Gen’! Graud Chapter, and to treat with contumely the power 
which claims our allegiance, and which, under existing relations, we are bound to respect.—- 
Without subordination and discipline, our Institution would crumble into dust—the very 
example we might set, so pernicious in its bearing, would justify, in time, a similar course, 
in all who fancied themselves aggrieved by the acts of any superior authority. Babel, in 
comparison with the condition of our Temples under such circumstances, would bea per- 
fect Paradise. Asa distinguished Mason has aptly said, it is true, that “without an uniform 
attention to discipline, no Society can expect to be permanently successful; and discipline 
can only be supported in all its beauty, and all its efficacy, by pursuing, in an undeviating 
course, that line ot conduct marked out by the wisdom of our superior governors, and laid 
down, in broad characters, in the Book of Constitutions,” And as another, equally deep 
in Masonic lore, has expressed—“without this spirit of subordination growing into a habit 
of obedience, you cannot hope for perfect harmony in your proceedings; with it, you 
not only insure harmony of action, but you insure also accuracy of decision.” And again— 
“All tnat you have seen, my brethren, of beauty in our Order, has resulted from this spirit of 
obedience.” Again, as in point, J quote the following sentiments from a recent Masonic 
Circular—“Subordination to the legally constituted authority, is a cardinal virtue, which 
should govern every good Mason who has the best interests of the Institution constantly in 
view. Andso should everv Subordinate Lodge be governed in like manner, by the same 
spirit of subordination ; forit would be a matter of impossibility for our glorious and time- 
honored Order to exist for any length of time, without complete subordination in all things, 
to the Supreme Head of the Fraternity.” My motive for dwelling thus particularly on 
this. topic, will be readily appreciated, especially by those who are experienced in the 
duties and responsibilities of station, or conversant with the high toned opinions so often 
assumed. 

The subject ofthe Royal and Select Degrees, threatens to become a very exciting topic of dis- 
cussion among the several Bodies claiming jurisdiction over them; which, itis to be feared, may 
terminate in open rupture, without a due observance, by the parties interested, of the great- 
est circumspection to prevent it. The opinions of the most enlightened in regard to their 
origin, their legitimacy, their location, and their rightful claimant, are in conflict, and a kind 
of mystery seems to hang aroundthem, As the Committee, entrusted with the investiga- 
tion of that subject, will probably make an elaborate Report, I forbear entering into the 
merits of the question, and willsiiaply premise, that those Degrees have been placed, by 
recognized authority, under the control of the several Chapters, within whose jurisdiction 
there exists no Council. ‘That authority, as I beleive, has given to them their only proper 
location—after the Arch, I do not insist upon their being the legitimate property of the 
Chapters ; if such, however, be not the case, no time should be lost for their legal attain- 
ment, providing a consummation so devoutly to be wished were possible. ‘his Grand Chap- 
ter can enter into no arrangement for the acquirement or disposal of those Degrees—that is 
the prerogative of the Gen. Grand Chapter, in whose councils, however, we have a voice 
and can exercise an influence. 

I present a copy of the Act of Incorporation of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, 
which I recommend to be published in the Proceedings, for preservation. 


I also recommend an appropriation, by the Grand Chapter, for the purpose of defray ing 
the expense of a suitable set of Jewels and Collars, the cost of whichmay not exceed $200, 
specimens and estimates being in my possession. 


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Having communicated, imperfectly, all such matters as to me appear of interest tothe craft, 
and freely expressed my views through the prosecution of that object, I will only add a 
word in regard to the Chapters, whose condition at the present time, seems to require no 
extended legislation, and whose operations will be least liable to be embarrassed by the cau- 
tious introduction of Resolutions. 

That we may meet, and act, and part on true Masonic principles; and that the amount 
of good done at this Convocation, will exceed the anticipations of those for whom we labor, 
and command the plaudits of our brethren at large, istruly the desire of my heart. 

P, W. FANNING, G.'H, P. 


Companion L. L. Stevenson, xpecial Lecturer, submit- 
ted the following report, which was received and ordered 
to be placed upon the minutes. 


To M..E. P. W. Fannine, Grand High Priest, of the Grand Chapter of 
North Carolina. 


M. E. Sir anp Companion : 

In accordance to a prescript issued under your 
sign manual, bearing date February 23d, A. D. 1850, A. I. 2380, which is here- 
with returned, autherising me to act as your Deputy in Lecturing and instruct- 
ing the Chapters under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina in 
the true work of the sublime degrees, until the present Grand Annual Convocation, 
I have visited and given instructions to the following Chapters, to wit: 

Union Chapter No. 17, Duplin, with which I remained only one day and night, 
im consequence of the Companions not being enabled to remain together for a 
longer time; I conferred all the Chapter Degrees (during that time) including the 
Royal and Select Master, on three candidates. M. E. Eli W. Hines, High Priest, 
and many others of the members, are zealous, and devoted craftsmen, but the time 
was too limited to enable me to impart to them all the information that is neces- 
sary to make them perfect workmen in those beautiful degrees. I next visited 
Newberm, and was met with open arms by the members of Eureka Chapter No.7, 
who were all anxiety to resume their labors, but needed information to enable 
them to do so; [ spent several weeks with them very pleasantly to myself, and 1. 
hope and believe profitably to them. While there, there were fifteen Exalta- 
tions. I installed the officers, M. E. A. T.Jerkins, High Priest, whom I believe to 
be qualified to execute the work in a style that will do credit to R. A. Masonry 
in North Carolina. J also visited Plymouth, at which place M. E. John Me C. 
Boyle, High Priest, and others, had received a Dispensation authorising the open- 
ing of a Royal Arch Chapter, in which I assisted them while there; there were 
eighteen Exalted. I installed the officers, and left them well qualified to do 
the work in a masterly manner. Iam delighted to find that Royal Arch Mason- 
ry has taken a start in this State, and have no doubt but that with a proper fost- 
ering care on the part of your Grand Body, the number of Chapters will be treb- 
bled before your next Annual Convocation. 

Most respectfully and Fraternally submitted. 
L. L, STEVENSON, G. L. 


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TUESDAY, June 4rx, 1850—9 O'CLOCK, A. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 


PRESENT : 
M. E. P. W. Fanning, Crd gel et 
‘A. Martin, PGE se. 
aka Wi Brown, G. Treasurer. 
« R. G. Rankin, G. Sec’y. 
Dt Vo AOSD, G. Marshal. 
“ John Banks, G. Tyler. 
Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
Concord No, 1, R. G. Rankin, | eed ba 
Concord No. 5, Wm. G. Thomas, 15 eel 
Kureka No. 7, A. T. Jerkins, Tipo 


Raleigh No. 10, J. W. Cosby, 
Union No.17, E. W. Hines, HP, by Re ‘Doftin. 


Visitor.—M. E. L. L. Stevenson, P. G. H. P. of Grand 
Chapter of Virginia. 


Reports from the following Committees were submitted. 


By Companion Jerkins, from the Committee on unfinished 
business. 
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The Committee on unfinished business, beg leave to report: 
That the portion of the report of the Committee on Foreign correspondence 
relating to the Royal and Select Degrees, and which was referred to a special 
C ommittee, is the only unfinished business of the last Convocation. 


A. T. JERKINs, C “tt 
R. G. Rankin, eae 


By Companion Brown, from the Committee on Returns: 


The Committee on Returns beg leave to report that they have examined the 
Returns of the several Subordinate. Chapters placed in their hands, and are pleas- 
ed to find them generally correct. It appears from the Returns that there have 
been during the past year 108 Exaltations, as follows: 


Key Stone Chapter (u. d.) 18 
Salisbury Do. (u. d.} 16 
Kureka DosieNo: 7, 15 
Raleigh Do. No. 10, 20 
Concord Do. No. 1, 20 
Concord Do. No. 5, 6 
Union Doro Noe l7, 13 108 





Your Committee are happy to state that there have been no Deaths or Expul- 
#10n8 to report since ouy last Convocation. 


a ia, wl aS Sa eae 


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The tollowing Chapters have made no returns: 


Roanoke Chapter No. 4, Halifax, 
Phoenix No. 2, Fayetteville, 
Gaston No. 18, Roxboro, 
T. W. Brown, Committee. 


Your Committee to whom was referred the application of Keystone Chapter, Ply- 
mouth, and Salisbury Chapter, Salisbury, for Charters, and accompanying documents, 
embracing Proceedings, By-Laws and Returns, have duly examined the same, and find 
that the Proceedings of Plymouth Chapter have been regularjand in accordance with 
Masonic usage. Their By-Laws we find do not conflict with the Grand Constitution. We 
therefore recommend that a Charter or warrant of Constitution issue to that Chapter. 

We find some few irregularities inthe Proceedings of Salisbury Chapter, which are 
however, unimportant, and with a new Chapter, sometimes unavoidable; in this instance 
they are excusable. We find nothing objectionable in their By-Laws, as far as they 
go, but think they will find that they are not sufficiently comprehensive in their pro- 
visions; additions, therefore, might be made, the importance of which they will no doubt 
readily admit if brought to their notice. 

We therefore recommend that a Charter issue to that Chapter, under its proper 
number, accompanied with such suggestions by the Grand High Priest as he may deem 
proper, in reference to their By-Laws. 

We cannot submit this report without expressing our gratification at the almost un- 
precedented prosperity of these two new Chapters, and a hope for future success. 

Respectfully submitted, A. Martin, Gomes 
Pek. pape : 


By Companion Martin, from the Committee on Credentials. 


The Committee on Credentials, since making their report, have received 
from Companions J. T. Marriott and J. W. Cosby, a certificate from the 
High Priest, King and Scribe, of Salisbury Chapter, appointing them as 
delegates to represent that Chapter, at this Grand Convocation. 


We find the Credentials in due form, but find that agreeable to Article Ist 
of the Grand Constitution, no proxy can be recognized, unless he be a mem- 
_ ber of the Chapter he represents; that Chapter, therefore, will not be repre- 
_ sented at this Convocation. A. Martin, 


Fa, Coser, ¢ Committee. 
All of which were received and adopted. . 


By Companion Martin, from the Special Committee on the 
address of the M. E. G. H. P., which was received 
and adopted : 

Your Committee in whose charge the Report of the M. E. G. H. Priest 


was placed for proper reference, recommend that the several subjects embra- 
_ ced therein be refered to the following Committees, viz : 


So much as relates to the fees of Chapters under Dispen- 
sation, to the Committee on Dispensations and Charters. 


So much as relates to the Constitution and By-Laws, to 
a Special Committee. 


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So much as relates to the transaction of business by the 
Chapters, while open in the preparatory Degrees, to the 
Committee on Proceedings and Returns, 


So much as relates to the Physical qualifications of Can- 
didates, to a special Committee. 


So much as relates to the fees for Charters required by 
the General Grand Chapter, and all other matters embra- 
ced in the Report, not especially provided for, to a Special 
Committee. 


The subject of the Royal and Select Degrees is already 
in the hands of a Committee, and therefore no necessity ex- 
ists for referring it. Respectfully submitted, 


A. Martin 
2 OG e 
A. 'T’. JERKINS, é eS 


Committees appointed, 


On Constitution and By-Laws, Companions Martin and 
Rankin. 

On Physical qualifications of Candidates, Comp’s Cosby 
and Jerkins. 


On Fees for Charters, required to be charged by the Gen- 
eral Grand Chapter, and all other matters embraced 
in the report, not otherwise provided for, Companions 
Thomas and Marriott. 


On motion of Companion Rankin, 

Resotvep, That the election of Officers take place at 8 o’clock this evening. 

Resotvep, That the Grand Chapter elect a Grand Lecturer, for the pres- 
ent year, and that his services be paid by the Chapters, on such terms as 
he and they may agree. 


The Grand Chapter called off ‘till 4 o’clock, P. M. 





TUESDAY, 4 O’CLOCK P. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 


PRESENT ; 

at ies bes 1a ne anning, G. H. Priest. 
Lens (PASM ay et A Gye @ id 
cous veil CVV eee G. T. 

Smet ys Goroti LN enh. G.S: 

coat eV Cosby) | CoSyie 

Paget, wAepLOn, G. Chaplain. 

“ John Banks, G, Tyler. 


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Ttepresentatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
Concord No 40 Ri G- Rankm; WE aRee AR tAy Browngs: 
Concord Nowb, WiGeThomasmeii aes 
Furekay No, «7;) (A. TT. Jerkins, ieee 
Raleigh No. 10, J. W. Cosby, 

Union -No. 17, Ee. iiies Slee eel aici: 


Visirors—M. E, L. L. Stevenson, P.G. H. P. of Grand 
Chapter of Va, Companions T. Burr, Jr., Donald Mac- 
Rae, James T. Miller, James Griswold, EK. J. Lutterloh, 
H. P. Russell, D. Teller. 


Companion Martin, from the Special Committee on the 
Royal and Select Degrees, submitted the following report, 
which was received and laid over to the next regular Com- 
munication for consideration. 


To tHe M. E. Grann Royan Arcu CHAPTER OF NortTH CARro.nina. 


Your Committee upon the proper jurisdiction of the Royal and Select Degrees, 
and the order in which they should be conferred by the Chapters, present their 
report under the unpleasant conviction, that they have failed to accomplish all 
that was anticipated by this Grand Chapter from their appointment. Yet we 
trust that the difficulty under which we have laboured, from a want of opportu- 
nity for consultation, and the consequent impossibility of any concert of action in 
this investigation, will be accepted as a sufficient apology for the very imperfect 
manner in which our duty has been discharged. 


The subject referred to us is one in which we conceive none of the great 
rinciples of Masonry to be involved, save that of justice, and which alone renders 
it a matter of any very serious importance, and we believe it was the influence 
of this principle that determined this Grand Chapter to enter upon the investiga- 
tion and inquiry, as to what particular jurisdiction these degrees belong; we re- 
gret therefore that we are not prepared to present such information as will enable 
it to take any final action at its present Convocation. The difficulties encounter- 
ed in the pursuit of light on this question of jurisdiction are various, and perplex- 
ing, and it is only by a united effort of all the Grand Bodies interested in it, that 
any thing definite or conclusive, can be elicited; as it is now attracting very general 
attention, we trust the true history of these degrees, since they reached this Con- 
tinent, will ere long be unfolded. 


As auxiliaries of the Royal Arch, we have always viewed the Royal and Select 
Degrees as useful and very appropriate in that connection. ‘They open to view 
what we believe to be a true history of the events that gave birth to that Degree, 
and which without them are very obscure and unsatisfactory; and we should 
regret the loss of them more for that, than any other reason. Yet if we are hold- 
ing them under claims founded in usurpation, we should yield them up with as 
little delay as possible. 


We find upon unquestionable authority, that these Degrees can be traced from 
Frederick II, King of Prussia, who was Most Puissant Sov. Grand Commander 
of the 33d Degree, at Berlin, and that Brother Stephen Morin, was invested by 
his representative in Paris, with authority, in 1761, under the title of Sov. Grand 
Inspector General, to transmit the ineffable degrees to America, and that he effec- 
ted this, by the appointment of Brother Henry A. Franker, as Deputy Ins. Gen’I, 


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with power to appoint other Deputies. This Brother proceeded to St. Domingo, 
in 1764 or 765, and finding there was some uncertainty of his visiting this country, 
he appointed Brother Moses Michael Hays his Deputy, but subsequently came to 
New York himsel!t, and Hays came to Massachusetts, where they arrived in 1766, 
and where they disseminated the ineffable Degrees, the Royal and Select, being 
among those confided by them to the Councils established under their authority. 


{n 1778, a Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem was established in Charles- 
ton, 8. C., by Inspectors having authority from the same source, and with this 
Council the Royal and Select Degrees were deposited, and we beleive it is not 
denied that the Deputy Inspectors were the only persons at that time claiming to 
have authority to disseminate them, and to fix their jurisdiction. Put that they 
were confided to the Grand and Supreme Councils exclusively by the Deputy In- 
spectors, hax been denied by some, though we know not on what authority. 


That it was ever contemplated by Frederick of Prussia, who is claimed as the 
source of all authority over these Degrees, that they should be placed under the 
control of any other Masonic Body than the Supreme Councils, we are not prepar- 
ed to decide, but there seems to be strong presumptive evidence that it was not so 
contemplated in the fact that in Europe we find that they are confined exclusively to 
the Supreme Councils, and if these were claimed as regular Degrees by the Su- 
preme Councils, we could not admit that such an anomaly had its anigin with 
the intelligent Brother from whom they were originally claimed by the Councils. 


That the Councils should for so many years have quietly submitted to an unjust 
usurpation of their rights, if they considered it such, is matter of surprise, but we 
could not consent to found a claim on that circumstance. We are aware that 
these Degrees have been placed in charge of the Grand Chapters, in some of the 

States, by the Councils, after discovering that they had been imposed on by Jere. 
L. Cross, who is well known to have practiced a fraud upon many of the States, 
for which he was expelled by the Grand Chapter of Maryland, but presume 
those Ghapters would not predicate a claim upon this transfer. 


The claim of the Maryland Chapters is of a date long subsequent to that of the 
Supreme Council of Charleston. A knowledge of these Degrees seems to have 
been communicated to Brother Philip P. Eckle, of Maryland, about the year 1812 
or’13, by one Wilmer, but there is no evidence of his having been an Inspector, 
or of his authorising Eckle to place them in charge of the Chapters ; he however 
did so place them, and in 1824, they were acknowledged by the Grand Chapter of 
that State. Many of ourGrand Chapters would yield up these Degrees, only un- 
derthe most positive conviction of the Superior claims of the Councils, yet we 
feel assured that if satisfied that their claim is unjust they would cheerfully relin- 
quish it. 

To our minds the strongest claim of the Chapters may be founded on the fact of 
these not being regular Degrees of the Supr. Council 33d Degree, and being only 
honorary, or side degrees, such, as no regularly organized body generally pretencs 
to set up any exclusive claim for; all are priviligedto use. We will, however, 
submit this question to abler hands, expressing a hope that the dispute may be 
speedily and amicably adjusted, and recommending that this Grand Chapter in- 
struct its delegate to urge upon the General Grand Chapter, the importance of a 
final settlement of the matter, leaving it no longer ithe uncertain and perplexing 
position it now occupies. 

As regards the order in which the Royal and Select Degrees shouldbe conferred 
by the Chapters. We have not given the subject any very particular attention, 
regarding the settlement of the other question as first in importance. If, however, 
we admit the truth of their tradition, their regular chronological order places them 
below the Most Excellent Master’s Degree, and we cannot admit the propriety ol 
changing the order of these, more than any of the other Masonic Degrees. We 
are aware that this opinion is in conflict with Masonic authority that 1s generally 


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esteemed conclusive, upon most points connected with the practice of our 
rites, yet we are notconvineed by anything we have seen or heard upon the sub- 
ject, that our position is incorrect. 

We conceive the diversity of opinion in regard to the propriety of conferring 
them before the Arch, to be the result of a want of uniformity in the practice of 
them. The Chapterin Maryland, the first to adopt them, saw no impropriety in 
placing them below the Arch, and it is a fair presumption, that as thev under- 
stood and practiced them, there would have beennone, or it couldnot have received 
the sanction of men so eminently distinguished for their Masonic knowledge. 
From whence then has the authority for making additions to the ceremonies of 
the Degrees, that render them improper to be placed below the Arch, been derived? 
Has it been from the Councils, whose authority we do not recognize? We know 
that in the Councils, they are much more elaborate in their ceremonial than in 
the Chapters of either Maryland, Virginia. or North Carolina, but if we do not 
acknowledge the authority of the Councils, we should not adopt their works ; if 
all Chapter authority had its source in Maryland, the Maryland work should be 
the work of the Chapters. Discussion upon this question, however, we consider 
useless, as the General Grand Chapter has placed these Degrees above the Arch, 
and we cannot, therefore, indulge any preference at variance with that practice. 

A. Martin, 
J. W. Cossy. 


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Companion Rankin, from the Committee on Foreign 
Correspondence, reported as follows, which was received 
and adopted : 


To THE Granp Royvan Arcu Cyrarrer or Nortu Carouina. 
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence beg leave to report : 


That they nave to regret the interchange proffered to our sister Grand Chapters has 
inot been more fully reciprocated. 

The proceedings of the Grand Chapters of Maine, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Virginia 
and Florida, are all that have been placed in their possession, and these have received a 
careful consideratien. From them they are pleased to learn the continued prosperity of 
our Order; that it is spreading through the length and breadth of our land, and gathering 
in its folds many valuable co-workers, bringing with them, that which is far better than 
numerical strength, a spirit of research, and practical illustration of its sublime principles. 


Questions of general interest to the craft have been discussed, and will receive from your 
Committee a brief notice. 

The question of the proper head and position of the Roval and Select Degrees claims 
the attention of our sister Grand Chapters as well as our own. 


It is one of the high prerogatives of the General Grand Chapter to decide all questions 
affecting the interests of the craft, and it should, at its next session, after due consideration, 
act boldly and decisively. Claim them or prohibit them, and let them be no longer a matter 
of local regulation. 

On this subject the Committee on Foreign Correspondence for the Grand Chapter of 
Missouri, “suggest that the Royal and Select Degrees should not be confered within their 
jurisdiction, until the General Grand Chapter, or its proper officers, shall determine, not b 
suggestions, but by positive law or instructions, the order and mannerin which they shall be 
conferred, and they earnestly hope, that all who owe it allegiance will cheerfully submit, 
even though these Degrees should*be surrendered to that Body, which perhaps possesses . 
higher claims.” 

With whatever tenacity we may adhere to the opinion of our right to these Degrees, 
we can safely promise for North Carolina,a cheerful submission to the will of her acknowl- 
edged head—all she asks is that the question be settled, as your Committee, believe, with 
our Companions in Missouri, “that it would be far better for the craft that the Degrees 
should cease to exist, than continue the present strife and contention about their Chronolo- 
gy and location.” 


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As to the proper mode of settlement, we believe that the course proposed by the Grand 
Chapter at its last Convocation in the following Resolution is correct: 


“ResoLveD, That it is the opinion of this Grand Chapter, that the only 
way in which this question can be permanently, and amicably settled, will 
be for the General Grand Chapter, at its next Convocation, to recommend 
a Convocation of Delegates from each Chapter claiming the Degrees, as well 


as the Councils and other Associations making claim thereto, for the purpose 


of determining to whom they properly belong, and confirming one or the 
other of the claimants in the right to them.” 


From the able report of the Committee on Forcign Correspondence of the Grand Chap- 
ter of Florida, we see that that Grand Body, influenced by a desire to promote harmony 
and good will among her brethren, petitioned at. the last General Grand Convocation for 
recognition. - 

Her reception was attended with conditions that could not be accepted without a sacri- 
fice of dignity and Masonic principles, entirely disproportioned to any advantages gained 
by adhering to the General Grand Chapter as it now exists. 

She has withdrawn her petition, and while we regret the conditions imposed, we must 
admire the independent position she has assumed. We see no reaton for declining a Cor- 
respondence or ceasing to meet her in an interchange of fraternal feeling. 


The Grand Chapter of Ohio decided that it was “improper to exalt Master Masons not 
of hale and entire limbs.” 

We think the rule too general—peculiar cases may and will occur, in which it would be 
uncharitable, to make the misfortunes of a Brother, eminently worthy, a barrier to the en- 
joyment of our social rights. — ) | 

It would be no departure from the spirit of the Ancient landmarks, to confer the Degrees 
upon one capable of receiving instruction, and of earning an honest livelihood, and confi- 
dence should be placed in Subordinate Chapters, before whom such cases must arise, that 
they will decide judiciousiy. 

In Indiana the M. E. G. H. Priest. of that Grand Charter “solicits attention to the 
high prerogratives claimed by some for the High Priests of Chapters, placing them above 
the jurisdiction of the Bodies over which they preside in regard to official or moral con- 
duct.” To the report of the special Committee on that subject we would invite your 
attention. 

A High Priest is peculiarly bound to support the By-Laws and Regnlations, and is only 
amenable to the Grand Chapter for any dereliction of duty, official or moral. Exalted as 
he is above his fellows, undoubted powers should be used with caution, doubtful powers 
never assumed by him. 

In Virginia, “the operation of a suspension in a Blue Lodge on a Royal Arch Mason, 
and the reverse,” was considered and decided with the correctness that usually marks the 
course of our enlightened Companions of that State. 


The practice in this State is, that the Suspension of a Royal Arch Mason, does not ne- 
cessarily deprive him of the rights of Masonry; the Suspension from a Lodge of Master 
Masons deprives him ofall its rights and benefits, The very foundation upon which he was 
exalted is destroyed. ¢ 

In this practice, we are happv to coincide with the Grand Chapter of Virginia. 

In Missouri, the following Resolution was adopted : 

“That the Grand Chapter has not the power under the General Grand Constitution to 
admit to fellowship any new Grand Chapter, unless duly notified by the proper officers of 
the General Grand Chapter, &c.”’ 

We must plead ignorance of this feature of the Constitution ; if it be so, let it be forth- 
with amended. : 

A free interchange engenders sociability, corrects error, establishes principles, affords 
opportunity to rejoice or sympathize. Of this right we should not be deprived. 

‘That Grand Chapter, very properly calls the attention of the General Grand Officers, 
to the great responsibilities voluntarily assumed by them, and which for more than half 
century, with few exceptions, have been entirely neglected, 

This Grand Chapter at its second Annual Convocation, expressly declared, that “one ot 
the principal objects of a Genera! Grand Chepter, is undoubtedly to establish a umform 


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mode of work; now if alldue diligence be not excreised, there is a grievous fault, in the 
sin of which North Carolina will be equally implicated, should she fail to pat forth her 
energies to reform.” 

As the General Grand Chapter will convene in a few months, your Committee have 


_ thought proper to revive this subject, and invite the attention of that Body, should it fail to 


notice. North Caroiina will have performed her duty, and cannot be implicated in the 
sin of emission. 

And this leads your Committee to questions, requiring careful and serious consideration. 

Has the General Grand Chapter performed the great end and object of its formation ? 

One great object was to establish a uniform mode of work. Has this been done ? 

A nother, to produce good feeling, and unanimity throughout the various Masonic institu- 
tions, spread over out whole extent of country. Has this been done, or rather has it not 
produced the reverse? Can it accomplish either “great end’ when but one half the Grand 
Chapters acknowledge its power, others bitterly disclaiming all allegiance? 

Your Committee are of opinion that a Supreme ‘T’ ribunal should be such in effect. as 
well as inname; that a power to. be complete, siould possess the essentials necessary to its 
perfect execution. Authority loses effect, and becomes ridiculous or dangerous, when 
feebly grasped or tyranically employed. 

The General Grand Cnapter was established fur certain purposes; it has not been success- 
ful; it is an institution, unstable, imperfect, and feeble. Hoiding a meeting but. once in 
three years, continuing in session a week, perhaps a longer time, possibly not so long, the 
Grand delegates transact the business according to their Beet abilities, hurried doubtless by 


_ the natural desire to return to their distant homes and avocations, promulge a few decrees 


for the government and adoption of Subordinates, and disperse, leaving a long interval of 
vacation for mooted points to arise, and conflicts of jurisdiction to disturb the amicable 
relationship which should ever exist between members of the same order. 

What good can such an institution effect, without power to compel universal obedience 
toits mandates. Sustained by a bare majority of the States composing the Union, it is 
manifestly impossible that it can discharge the high purposes of its creation, produce uni- 
formity, on questions of law or practice. 

The Federal government, formed by the transfer of a portion of delegated power from 
the States composing the American Union, is the model of perfected wisdom. Whatever 
analogy ever existed between it and the G. G. Chapter is no longer perceptible; the one 
moves in harmony and moral grandeur, the other inefficiently and feebly ; ; the one respect- 
ed and reverenced—the other partially esteemed—one a noble spectacle, admired at home, 
feared abroad—the other breathing uncertain existence, 


Another objection to the General Grand Chapter, is its legislative powers. Formed years 
ago, when Royal Arch Masonry was but comparatively in its infancy, the Grand Chapters 
uniting in its creation, by granting too wide a field for legislation, invested it with that 
power which should hee been reserved to the States ; in the exercise of this power, it has 
not at all times used due caution. 

From States where Masonry has for years had the flourishing existence of manhood, 
representation at its triennial Convocations has been full; places distant, just springing into 
life, if represented at all, are compelled to transfer their privilege to others, thug placing — 

ower in the hands of a few. 


Seevielregulations adopted bias delegates er hc in the feelings and wants of all portions . 
of a State, are acted upon, and hastily. confirmed or Panes by those ignorant of the con- 
dition of Masonry within its borders. | re 

The extension of its jurisdiction ‘has therefore cae gradual. Many Grand Chapters, 
appreciating the advantages that might accrue, influenced by feelings of reverence, desirous 
of promoting harmony, have been induced to give a reluctant consent to its powers. 


A spirit of dissatisfaction prevails to a greater or Jess extent, with all our sister Grand 
Chapters. It affects the harmony of Masonry—crimination g sives rise to re- crimination— 
opinions advanced with firmness, are considered pertinacious. ‘To remedy this, is the duty of 
every good Mason. ‘The General Grand Chapter cannot secure the affection of Subordi- 
nates, Without unanimity, harmony is impossible. ‘To endeavor to secure this unanimity, 
your Committee would respectfully recommend, that the General Grand Chapter, at its 
next Convocation, so remodel its Constitution as to confine its powers: 


Ist. 'T'o prescribing a uniform mode of work. 


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2d. ‘To have jurisdiction over the Grand Chapters of the United States, and adjudication 
of all questions or differences arising between them. 

3d. Lo have sole jurisdiction in Statesand Territorities where no Grand Chapter exists, 

Confined to, this, it would have sufficient business to occupy its attention; discharging 
faithfully these duties, it will have done all that can be required. . 

Divested of all legislative powers, no Grand Chapter could be calied upon to sacrifice its | 
rights er local regulations, and all could meet in full fellowship and unite in due reverence 
to our “Exalted head.” 

Composed as it would be of those who simply held delegated powers, no P.G.G. Offi- 
cers should be allowed to vote—its Convocations should be biennial—its location permanent 
and convenient, or else occasionally a place of meeting nearer and easier of access to those 
young in existence, and less able to afford the expense of representation. 

These things it should do: then would we, indeed, “be in fullcommunion with all our 
sister Grand Chapters” and joyfully interchange with all, those courtesies which ever 
delight the wise, the good, and the benevolent, and those who dwell tegether in unity, 

In conclusion, Companions, permit us to congratulate you on the high position main- 
tained by our beloved order, Its progress is onward! onward! It will everbe so, as long as 
its members are influenced by jts principles, and obey its moral precepts. 

Let ours then be the noble duty of transmitting it, unimpaired, and as a brighter “jewel,” 
to those who succeed us, ROBT. G. RANKIN, Chairman. 


The Committee on the Constitution and By-Laws 
reported : 


f 

Recommending that the present Constitution and By- 
Laws be referred to a Committee of three, for amend- 
ment, to report at the next Annual Convocation.” 


The M. kK. G. H. P. appointed Companions A. Martin, 
L. H. Marsteller, and Asa A. Brown, said Committee, and 
on motion, the M. EB. G. H. Priest was added. 


The following reports were submitted and adopted-: 
By Companion Martin, from the Committee on Charters 
and Dispensations. | 


The Committee on Charters and Dispensations, to whom was referred such 
portion of the address of the M. E.G. H. P. as relates to fees of Chapters under 
Dispensation, recommend that hereafter no fees be charged to such Chapters, 
provided that they shall apply for a Charter at the first Convocation of this 
Grand Chapter, after the date of their Dispensation, and in case the time should 
be extended for their accommodation, they shall pay for that year the regular fee 
of chartered Chapters. 

Also that the fees charged to the Chapter under Dispensation that have paid 
$90 for their Charters, be refunded; and that the amount paid by Union Chapter, over 
the sum of $90, be also refunded. A. MARTIN, Gorsmittes 

) L. R. LOFTIN, aa 


By Companion Cosby, from the Committee on Accounts. 


The Committee on Accounts beg leave to report that they have performed 
the duty assigned them. They find that the Books of the Grand Secretary 
and Treasurer have been well and correctly kept, and proper Vouchers ex- 
hibited for all payments. 


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By the report of the Committee on Accounts at our last Grand Convo- 
cation, it appears thata balance was left in the hands of the Grand Trea- 








surer of $180 00 
The receipts for the present year are as follows: 
From Chorazin Chapter No. 13, - : - 15 00 
Dispensation for Keystone Chapter, y song 90 00 
‘ do. Salisbury, - - 90 00 
Exaltations, Gaston Chapter e°: 18, - - 28 00 
Check E. B. Freeman, - . 100 00 
Dues of Concord Chapter No. i . - 15 00 
Dues of Concord Chapter No. 5, - - 15 00 
Dues of Eureka NU. 7, - 15 00 
Dues of Raleigh No. 10, - : 15 00 
Exaltations, Keystone (u. d.) - - - 36 00 
Dues of Union Chapter No. 17, . r 15 00 
Exaltations, Salisbuyy (u. d.) . - - 30 00 
| $644 30 
Disbursments for past year, : : . 75 13 
Leaving a balance in the hands of the Treasurer, $569 17 


The following Chapters are in arrears for their dues, viz : 


Phenix No. 2, Fayetteville, for 3 years, $45 00 

Gaston No. 18, “oy «6 15 00 

Roanoke No. 4, eae tem / 15 00 
Respectfully submitted, J. W. Cossy, 


ow Ween Committee. 


By Companion Cosby, from the Committee on Physical 
qualifications of Candidates. 


The Committee to whom was referred that portion of the M. E. G. H. 
Priest’s Communication in relation to the Physical qualifications of candi- 
dates, report, that as the whole subject has been fully investigated and 
reported upon, satisfactorily, by the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, 
they would simply concur in that report, together with that portion of the 
M. E. G. H. P’s. communication relating to this subject, and ask to be dis- 


_ eharged from its further consideration. 


Joun W. Cossy, 


; Committee. 
Atonzo ‘Tl’. JerKtns, ¢ 


By Companion Jerkins, from the Committee on Claims. 


The Committee on Claims beg leave to report, that there is no business 
to come before them for their action, and ask to be discharged. 


A. T. Jerxins, C ade 
A. A. Brown >§o) (OR 


ef | 


Companion Nankin offered the following fesolution, 


which was adopted : 


Resotvep, ‘That the M. ik. P. W. lanning, be authorised to procure the 
necessary Jewels and Collars for this Grand Chapter, as recommended in 


his address. 


The Grand Chapter called off until 8 P. M. 


TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4th, 1850. 


The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 


PRESENT: 
M. E. P. W. Fanning, (a, Aiea 
| OerMatine | Pte ely P: 
TT. W. Brown, G. Treasurer. 
R. G. Rankin, GG... SEG y. 
J. W. Cosby, G, Marshal. 
John Banks, Gey iter. 


Vistrors—M. E. L. L. Stevenson, P. 


Fi. Ps etext 


Chapter of Virginia, Companions D. Teller, J. Lyons, 
J. B. Russell, H. W. Foy, M: Cronlv, D. MacRae, John 


Nutt, George Harriss. 


The Grand Chapter proceeded to the election of Offi- 


cers, which resulted as follows : 


M. ki. P. W. Fanning, of Wilmington, 


J. W. Cosby, of Raleigh, 

A. 'T. Jerkins, of Newbern, 
T. W. Brown, of Wilmington, 
RN. G. Rankin, of Wilmington, 
Rev. Wm. Closs, 
“Wm. G, Thomas, of Tarboro’, 
L. L. Stevenson, 


On motion of Companion Rankin, it was 


G, 


G, 


H. P. 
KK. 
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G. Sec’y. 
C. 


_M. 
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Resoxvep, That the installation of Officers take place to-morrow at 10 
o’clock A. M., and that M. E. L. L. Stevenson, P. G. H. P. of the Grand 
Chapter of Virginia, be invited to install the M. E. G. H. P. elect. 


Companion Brown, from the Committee on Proceedings 
and Returns, submitted the following report, which was 


received and adopted : 





Spe? 
ad 


The Commitiec on Proceedings and Returns of Subordinate Chapters, to 
whom was referred that portion of the M. E. G. H. -Priest’s communication 
relating to the busmess of the Chapters while open in the preparatory 
degrees, beg leave to report that it will not hereafter be competent for any 
Subordinate Chapter to open or work in any inferior degree, without first 
opening in the Arch, in which degree only it is proper to transact business, 
and in which the minutes must be made up. 

Respectfully submitted, 
T. W. Brown, Committee. 


The Grand Chapter called off until to-morrow, 10 
o'clock A. M. R. G: Rankin, Sec’y. 
WEDNESDAY 10 A. M., JUNE 5th, 1850. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
PRESEN'T:; 


M. EK. P. W. d’anning, Gar iP. 
A. Martin, Bol HP. 
T. W. Brown, Gel": 
R G. Rankin, G.-Be 
J. W. Cosby, G M. 
L. L. Stevenson, G. L. 
John Banks, G. Tyler: 
Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
Concord No. 1, R. G. Rankin, HP: 
Concord No. 5, Wm. G. Thomas,  H. P. 
Hureka No: 7; A. T. Jerking bee: 


Raleigh No. 10, J. W. Cosby, and J. T. Marriott. 
Union No. 17, E..W..Hines, H. P.,and L: Rv Loftin. 


M. E. P. W. Fanning was duly installed as G. H. Priest, 
for the ensuing year, by M. i. L. L. Stevenson, P. G. 
H. Priest of Va. ig 


The M. E. appointed, 


Comp’s W. G. Hill, of Raleigh, Di oe 
de iis e's Jordan, of Person, GePus: 
oe a. Marriott. of Raleigh, G. R. A.C. 
fe OC ATL.” Wrepgaer Halifax, G. M.'3 V. 
SW, Hines, of Duplin, GiM.2 V. 
«i. Myers, of Salisbury, G. M.1 V. 
«John Banks, of Wilmington, G. Tyler 


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ae 4 4 

‘Lhe officers present, and those absent by proxy, were 
duly installed in their respective offices by the M. Jk. G. 
Had Test. 


Companion ‘Thomas submitted the following report : 


‘Fhe Committee on that portion of the address of the M. E.G. H. P. on 
fees for Charters which the General Grand Chapter requires its Subordi- 
nate to charge, and all other matters embraced in said report not otherwise 
provided for, beg leave to report, that on the subject of fees for Charters, 
they recommend this Grand Chapter to instruct its delegate to the General 
Grand Chapter to bring this subject before that body, and endeavor to have 
the amount reduced. 


The Committee fully concur in the views of the G. H. P. of this Chapter, 
in respect to the requisition of unconditional fees from all initiates. We 
ate of the opinion that to extend an exemption to Clergymen, besides being 
in accordance with the usual courtesies of society, would often induce many 
of them to seek the higher Degrees in Masonry, and thereby enable them to 
gain such light as would, almost inevitably, produce favorable impressions 
of our order on their minds, as well as on those over whom they may have 
influence. 


We are clearly of the opinion, that the provision of the General Grand 
Constitution requiring a unanimous vote in the admission to membership, 
should be cancelled, and. leave the matter to the control of the Subordinates 
entirely. We can add nothing to the forcibleness of the views expressed 
by the G. H. Friest on the subject. 

Respectfully submitted, 


; Wa. Gro. Tuomas, | OC okeninn 
J. FP. Marriorr, PAS 


Companion Marriott, from the Committee on proceedings 
of Subordinate Chapters, made the following report, which 
was received and adopted— 


‘The Committee on ’ Proceedings of Subordinate Chapters, beg leave 
further to report :, 


Whereas, Phenix Chapter No. 2, Fayetteville, has, since the organization 
of this Grand Chapter, failed to send a Representative, and in making returns: 


Reso.vepD, That the M. E. G. H. Priest be requested to enquire into the cause, 
and take such steps as he may deem necessary. 
J. T. Marriott, : 
vr ue Committee. 
JT. W. Brown, : 


The Grand Chapter called off until 3 P. M. 


24 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 3 O'CLOCK. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
PRESENT: 


M. E. P. W. Fanning, Ga Te P. 
peels Wir Gasity,, G. K. 
BE Neg a T. Jerkins, G.S. 
“ R. G, Rankin, G. Sec’y. 
« Wim. G. Thomas, GG. Marshal. 
* John Banks, GeV yleree 
Representatives from Subordinate Chapters. 
Concord No. 1. R. G. Rankin, Het. 
Concord No. 5, Wm. G. Thomas, |e ald as 
Eureka No. 7, A. T. Jerkins, Thiet. 


Raleigh No. 10, J. W. Cosby, and J. I. Marriott. 


Union . No..17, bb. W. Hines, 1. Ps 


Vistrors—Companions D. W. McMillan, H. P. Russell. 


On motion of Companion ‘Thomas, 


Resotvep, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter be, and are hereby 


presented, to St. John’s Lodge No, 1, and Concord Chapter No, 1, for their 


polite civilities and the use of their Hall, 


On motion of Com panion J. 'T. Marriott, 


Orperep, That the sum of ‘Twenty-five Dollars be allowed Companion 
R. G. Rankin, for his services as Grand Secretary, and that the Grand 
‘Treasurer pay the same. 


On motion of Companion Rankin, 


Resotvep, That a Committee of Iinance, consisting of M. E. G. H. P. 
P. W. Fanning, A. Martin, and 'T. W. Brown, be appointed for the present 
year, who shall invest such amount of Funds of the Grand Chapter as they 
may think advisable. 


Roanoke Chapter, No. 4 paid dues to 1850, $15, 
No further business appearing, the Grand Chapter closed 


in solemn form, to meet again on the first Monday in June, 
1851. , R. G. RANKIN, G. Secretary. 


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: - Witmineton, June 4th, 1850. 
The Grand Chapter of North Carolina, 
In Account with T. W. Brown, Grand Treasurer, 





1849, June 5. By balance of Cash on hand, See ig te - $180 30 
1850, Jan. 24. Received from Secretary, - - : 90 00 
‘Ge Mare 6: Do. do. a - - - - 90 00 
4% June 4, Do. do. . - - a aa 284 00 
$644 30 


Grand Chapter, Dr. 


1849, June 5. To Cash paid L. C. Pender, $12 88 
© Johwis: «Grand Secretary, 20 00 
Bt eds 1 03 Hose Paid Beles, 16 00 
malted pike KS “ec fe A A Brown tome TiMting »»» 20 25 
a tt jul ogame «© Henry Jones, 6 00 75 13 
Balance on hand, - - - - - $569 17 
Examined and found correct. P. W. FANNING, 


For CoMMITTEE. 





WILMINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5rn, 1850, A. I., 2380. 


A Council of High Priests assembled at the Hall. of 
St. Johns’ Lodge, No. 1. 
PRESENT: | 
M. E. L. L. Stevenson, P. G. H. P. of Va., President. | 
« 6 A. Martin, Master of Ceremonies. 
«© P. W., Fanning, Conductor. 
«oR. G. Rankin, Recorder. 
‘¢ Eh W. Hines. 
« James Griswold, 
Cb Ue hee eg OLE Ly 
«Wm. G. Thomas. 


M. E. Comp’n A. T. Jerkins, of Eureka Chapter No. a 
Newbern, presented a certificate of election as H. Pniest 
of that Chapter, and was consecrated a “High Priest,” alter 


the order of Melchisedec, in solemn form. 
ROBT. G. RANKIN, Recorder. 





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Annual Returns of Chapters working under the jurisdte- 
tion of this Grand Chapter. 


Concord Chapter No. 1,—Wilmington. 


OFFICERS: 
M. E. Robt. G. Rankin, High Priest. 
«¢ «. J. H. Marsteller, King. 
co 06 A. A. Brown, Scribe. 
Comp. A. Paul Repiton, Secretary. 
« John A. Taylor, Treasurer. 
at Geo. Harriss, Captain of the Host. 
«- D. McMillan, Principal Sojourner. 
«KE. J. Lutterloh, Royal Arch Captain. 
“  H. P. Russell, Master 3d Veil. 
S (fe Machae,. Jr. Master 2d Veil. 
cS. Teller, Master Ist Veil. 
« A. Paul Repiton, Chaplain. 
« John Banks, Janitor. 
MEMBERS : 


P. W. Fanning, G. H. 
Alfred Martin, Pia. 
Alex. McRae, Sr., P. H. 
Isaac Northrop, P. H. 


Pe James ‘IT’. Miller, 
H. P. D. A. Lamont, 
Pe Robert Fenner, 
se A. B. Chesnutt, 


Thos. Marshall, Treat F. Peck, 
Thos. Cowan, Owen Fennell, 
George R. French, J. R. Redman, 

-'Thos. F. Gause, Thos. I. Faison, 
John Christian, Wm. W. Harriss, 
Rev. William Closs, Kh V. Kelly, 
Talcott Burr, Jr., Benj. G. Bates, 
Stephen D. Wallace, Charles B. Morris, 
John Smith, Klias Wolfe, 
Thos. D. Meares, Thos. W. Brown, 
John S. James, D. E.. Roberts, 

* Joseph Wilkinson, John D. Powers, 
Wm. D. Smith, Rev. Wm. C. Parks, 
Robert Maxwell, Wm. A. Burr, 

J. R. Beaman, J. A. Silliman, 

Cyrus Packard, D. Teller, 


Joseph Green, Isaac B. Smith, 


Wilham Murphy, 

C. McMullan, 

Alex. Lamont, 
Alfred Smith, 
Wilham G. Jones. 
'T. C. Worth, 

Wore. Tice, 
William Huntington, 
Jacob Lyon, 
Wilham C,. Howard, 


O. L. Fillyaw, 
John MeAushn, 
Rev. 8. H. Brown, 
Thos. F. Robeson, 
Richard Morris, 
H. W. Foy, 
Joseph B. Russell, 
John Nutt, 

Owen Holmes, 
Mich’! Cronly. 


Admitted 0,: fxalted 20, Withdrawn 1, Deaths 0, Kxpul- 
sions 0, Suspensions 0, Rejections 0. 


Ronn G. Rankin, H. P. 


Attest, A. Paut Repiron, Sec’y,: 


Pheenix, No. 








2,—Fayetteville—No Returns. 


Roanoke, No. 4,—Halitax. 
OFFICERS: 


M. E. Wm. W. Daniel, 


cc Wim. E. Lane, 
Go Gane DesP ope; 
oe A. V. Russell, 
C, N. Webb, 


a sen aia) Brickell, 
«Wm. H. Underhill, 
«John W. Heptinstall, 


oT "Thos'GP owe, 
«” F.S. Marshall, 
AT ol Anderson, 
‘WA, Sledse, 


High Priest. 

King. 

Scribe. 

Captain of the wee 
Principal Sojourner. 
R. A. Captain. 
Master 3d Veil. 
Master 2d Veil. 
Master Ist Veil. 
Treasurer. 
Secretary. 

Janitor. 


MEMBERS : 


C. N. Webb, 

John T. Pope, 
William L. Long, 
George W. Owen, 
Wm. W. Daniel, | 
Wm. H. Underhill, 


A. V. Russell, 

J. J. Anderson, 
F. S. Marshall, 
James R. Wilkes, 
W. W. Brickell, 
Cyprian Cross, 





’ Herbert A. Sledge, 


John W. 


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Heptinstall, 


James B. Yellowley, 
James Simmons. 
Sterling H. Gee, 


A a EF 


Gregory, 


Rev. Thos. G. Lowe, 


Rev. 


J. J. ANDERSON, 


M, EK. 


be a 


W. Burge, 


James H. 


Secretary. 





Hezekiah Lassiter, 
Tt. S. Brownlow, 
Cary Whitaker, 
Alfred W. Simmons, 
M. C. Whitaker, 
George W. Gary, 
W. E. Lane, 

Albert G. Jones, 


Moore. 
WitLiam W. 


Dante, H. Priest. 


Concord, No. 5,—Tarboro’. 


OFFICERS : 


Wilham G. 
Louis Bond, 


‘Thomas, 


«William Norfleet, 


Comp. 
7s RO 


bs 


Louis C. Pender, 
James F. Jenkins, 
James Mehegen, 
Henry T. Clark, 
William 8S. Baker, 
William H. Hines, 
Robert H. Pender, 
Josiah S. Pender, 


High Priest. 

King, 

Seribe. 

Secretary. 
_ ‘treasurer. 

Captain of the Host. 
Principal Sojourner. 
R. A. Captain. 
Master 3d Veil. 
Master 2d Veil. 
Master ist Veil. 


MEMBERS : 


Benjamin M. Jackson, 
D S. Crenshaw, 
Bryant Bennett, 

- Benjamin Batts, 

P. 8. Sugg, 

Henry Bryan, 

Arthur 5. Mooring, 


Jesse H. 


Drake, 


Westly Swift, 
L. D. Farmer, 
John IF. Hughes, 
Admitted 7, Exalted 6, Withdrawn 2, Deaths, 0, Expul- 
sions 0, Suspensions 0, Rejections 7 i 

Wx. Guo. Tuomas, H. Priest. 
L. C. PENDER, Secretary. 


W. D. Bryan, 

W.H. Smith, 

John H. Drake, 
Solonion Pender, 
Charles Mabry, 

John Mooring, 
Andrew kj. Gill, 
William Crockett, 
Simmons B. Staton, _ 
William J. Armstrong, 
'T'. C. Hearn. 


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Bureka No. 7,—Newbern: 
- OFFICERS : 
M. kK. Alonzo T. Jerkins, High Priest. 
« « Matthew A. Outlaw, King. 
“ « George Lane, Scribe. 
Comp. Andrew H. Richardson, Captain of the Host: 
Peter Curtis, Principal Sojourner. 
“ Wilham C. Hunter, R. A, Captain. 
“ Edward F. Smallwood, Master 3d Veil. 
« ‘Thomas R. Wilson, Master 2d Veil. 
«“ John H. Lane, Master 1st Veil, 


John D. Whitford, ‘Treasurer. 
«Edward R. Stanly, Secretary. 
«J. M. C. Breaker, Chaplain. 

MEMBERS: 


J. A. Brookfield, 
John Harvey, 8*r., 
Edward W. Montfort, 
Levi Sterne, 


George Green, 
James Hayward, 
W.C, Pittman, 
Thomas Sparrow, Sr.; 
William B. Wellons, O.S. Dewey, | 
Luther R. Clarke, Edward R. Coward. 


Advanced 17; P. M. 17; M. E.17; Exalted 14; three 
were advanced, seated and acknowledged M. E. Masters, 
previous to this Chapter’s resuming labor on 7th of March 
1850, aud two of the three were exalted elsewhere. 

A. T. Jerxtns; H. Priest. 

EE}. Rh. Sranry, Secretary. 


Raleigh No. 10,—Raleigh. 
OFFICERS: 


M. E. Wm. G. Hill, 


Hy nic RET ESC adh Johnson, 


oi oh D «Cosby, 


Comp. John W. Cosby, 


co W. J, Clark, 


co" pg AE a ell. 
J: T> Marriott, 


High Priest. 

King. 

Scribe. 

Captain of the Host. 
Principal Sojourner. 
R. A. Captain. 
Master 3d. Veil: 


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‘Comp. J. J. Biggs, Master 2d Veil. 
« J. R. Harrison, Master Ist Veil. 
«  W.. F. Collins, ‘Treasurer. 
“William D. Haywood, Secretary. 
«  —R. W. Ashton, Janitor. 
| ' MEMBERS: | 
William H. Mead, William D. Cooke, 
William T. Bain, | C. W. Hutchings, 
W. W. Johnson, Joseph Woltering, 
James G. Jeffreys, Joseph T. Hunter, 
D. B. Griffin, A. A. Jones, 
Joseph D. Powell, J. M. Lovejoy, 


James D. Newsom, 


J. O. Jeffreys, 


J. Kane, T. Young, « 
iL. J, Utley, lke L. FLGHIn, 
James Harris, | J. D. Beavers, 
W. H. High, C. J. Rogers, 
A. Johnson, kK. Yarbrough, Sr. 
H.W. Miller, E. Smith, 

W. D: Jones. 


Exaltations 20, Deaths 0, Resignations 0, Expulsions 0 
Suspensions 0. 
‘ W.G. Hint, High Priest. 
~Witiiam D. Haywood, Secretary. ; 


P) 





Crean No. 13,—Greensboro’,—No Returns. 





Union No. 17,—Duphn. 


OFFICERS : 
M. BE. Eli W. Hines, | High Priest. 
«  « Felix B. Millard, King. 
« « AR, Hicks, Scribe. 
Comp. ©; D. Hill, Secretary. 
Oates S. Lewis, ‘Treasurer. 
« . James W. Blount, Captain of the Host: 
« “Luther R. Loftin, Principal Sojourner. 
«Thomas Wright, Royal Arch Captain. 
«Samuel Loftin, — Master 3d Veil. 


hy Daniel Bowden, Master 2d Veil, 


Comp David Wright, Master Ist Veil. 
«Joel Loftin, Janitor. 
MEMBERS : 
Jesse Baker, 


James G. Dickson, 
B.C. Bowden, : 


John Wright, 
David Jones, 
Daniel B. Newton, 


‘George “V’. Wallace, 
William Hallowell, 

— Wilham F. Pollock, 
James M. McDufhe, 


James Winders, 
Joseph R. Hatch, 
Louis F. Carr, 
Edward H. Fonville, 


John E. Becton, 
Uzzell G. Harrell, 
Henry Swinson, 

B. B. Allen, 


William Carraway, 
‘Thomas J. Hudson, 
Exum L. Powell, 
Hanson F. Murphy, © 
Joseph J. Ward. : | 
Fixaltations 13, Rejections 0, Withdrawals 4, Deaths 0, 
Expulsions 0, Suspensions 0. 
Ext W. Hines, High Priest. 
‘C. D. Hitt, Secretary. 





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PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 


GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER 





NORTH CAROLINA, 


AT ITS 


FIFTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION, 


TI? 
WILMINGTON, N. C., 
ON 
MONDAY, SECOND DAY OF JUNE, 


A. L. 5851, A. 1. 2381, A. D, 1851. 





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PRINTED AT THE “HERALD’’? BOOK AND JOB OFFICE. 
WILMINGTON, N.C. 
1851. 





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Cuapter oF NortH CAROLINA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE Hatt or Sr. 
Joun’s Lover, No. 1, in Witmineton, N. C., on Monpay, THE SEcoND 


E., P. W. Fanning, 
«A. Martin, 

‘© OW. W. Daniel, 

*« ‘Thos. R. Wilson, 
“ Peter Custis, 

« FF. S. Marshall, 
‘ Jas. H. Moore, 


‘“ R. H. Pender, 
“ E. W. Hines, 
sf AG Myers, 


‘ Robt. G. Rankin, 
« L. L Stevenson, 
« Rev. Wm. Burge, 


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Comp. T. J. Judkins. 
The Grand Chapter opened in solemn form. 

Prayer by Rev. Comp. Wm. Burge, G. Chaplain, P. T. 
The M. E. G. H. P., appointed the following Committees : 
On Credentials, 

On Unfinished Business, 


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‘The Committee on Credentials, through Comp. Martin, made the 
following report: 


The Committee on Credentials report the following Chapters duly sep paer vet 


Concorp, No. 1, by Rk. G. Rankin, H. P. 
Roanoxr, “ 4, “6 W. W. Daniel, H. P.,and F. S, Marshal, Delegate. 


Concorn, * 5, se R.H. Pender, 
DOteRaA es Oy hs Ks Peter Custis, and Thomas R. Wilson, i 
Union, 17; ae Eli W. Hines, H. P. 
SaLispuny, 20, ee E. Myers, H. P. 
Respectfully submitted, 
, . A. MARTIN, 


THOS, R. WILSON, § Committee, 
Comp, Myers, from the Committee on Unfinished Business, re- 
ported as follows : 


The Committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to report, 


That the report of the Special Committee on the Royal and Seiect Degrees, submitted 
at the last regular Convocation, and the report of the Committee on the Amendment of the 
present Constitution and By-Laws, is the only unfinished business of the last Convocation. 

hk. MYERS, 26 ‘tt 
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Which were received and adopted. 

The M. E.G. H. P., appointed the following Standing Committee. 

On Charters and Dispensations, Comp’s Pender, Daniel & Martin. 

Comp. Burge presented the proceedings of Warrenton Chapter, 
under Dispensation, and asked for a Charter. 

Comp. Wortham presented proceedings of Temple Chapter, U. D. | 
and asked for a Charter. ; 

Comp. Stevenson presented proceedings of Conoho (Chapter, U. 
D, and requested a Charter. 

The M. E. presented proceedings of Lafayette Chapter, U. D. re- 
questing a Charter. 

Ail of which were received and referred to the Committee on 
Charters and Dispensations, 

When the Grand Chapter called off from labor to refreshment un- 
fl 5 PM, 

_ 5 o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 

The reading of the minutes of the last Annual Convocation, was, 
on motion, dispensed with, each member being furnished with a 
printed copy. 

Aine Moh Ea nee the following Committees : 

On Proceedings one returns of Subordinate Chapters, 

Companions Wilson, Daniel and Pender, 


On Foreign Correspondence, 

Comp’s Wallace, Custis, Myers and Rankin. 
On Claims, Comp’s Marshall and Pender. 
On Accounts, Comp’s Martin and Hines. 
On motion of Comp. Pender, 


Ordered, 'That the M. E.G. H. P. be authorized to procure a 
Breast Plate at a cost not exceeding $65. 


The Grand Chapter called off till to-morrow, 10 o’clock, A. M. 
ROBT. G. PANKIN, Grand Sec’y. 





Turspay, 10 o’clock, A. M., 3d June, 1851. 
‘The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
| PRESENT. 


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Pace »: Martin: Pe Gyll> P: 
Aap Looted Danicl, G. King, p. t. 
ett aD aie! Walson, G. Scribe, p, t: 
“Peter Custis, G..M. pat. 
« F. S. Marshall, SES 1 at, 
“ George Wortham, G.R. A.C. p. t. 
«“ R, H, Pender, G. M.3 V. p. t. 
« J. W. Hines, Ge MSV). 
« EE. Myers, GP OTT TE Ve: 
“TY W. Brown, G. Treas’r 
« R. G. Rankin, G. Sec’y. 
« . L. Stevenson, G. Lec’r. 
« Rev. Wm. Burge, G. Chaplin, p. t. 
“ Hiram W. Foy, G, Tayler, peti 


REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS. 


Concord, No. 1, R. G. Rankin, H. P., Comp. J. ‘Ay Taylor: 
Roanoke, No. 4, W.W. Daniel, “ vf F. S. Marshall. 
Concord, No. B, Comp. R. H. Pender. 
‘Temple, No. 6 “ George Wortham. 
Kureka, No. 7, “ Peter Custis, T. R. Wilson. 
Oxford, No. 8, Z. M. Paschall, H. P. 

Wm. Burge, H. P., T. J. Judkins, S., 
Warenion,No.9, Sinn pie bk Moore. 
Union, No.17, Eli W. Hines, H. P. 
Salisbury, No. 20, E. Myers, H. P. 


Visitor, Comp. Thomas F’. Gause. 
Prayer by Rev. Comp. Wm. Burge, G. ©.. p. t. 


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Comp. Paschall presented the proceedings of Oxford Chapter, U. 
D., and asked for a Charter. 

Referred to the Committee on Charters and Dispensations. 

The M. E. G. H. P. submitted his Annual Report, which was re- 
ceived and ordered to be spread upon the minutes,and referred to a 
Committee of 'T'wo for disposal of its various subjects. 

Committee, Comp’s Custis and Marshall. 


ComPANIons oF THE GRAND CHaPTER :— 

‘The meridian Sun, in glory lumining the Southern Sky, forcibly impresses upon 
us the reality that the season of Refreshment has passed; and, quickened by the desire to 
fulfil the important trusts committed to our care, and invigorated for the task, we prompt- 
ly obey the sound of the gavel to resume our labors. As Masons, our bosoms should swell 
with gratitude to God, who has so faithfully superintended us throughout the hours de- 
voted to recreation——shielding u individually and as an Institution from the numerous 
evils incident to frail mortality—smiling benignantly upon our prosperity, and now per- 
mitting us to re-assemb’e, in our corporate capacity, under the most gratifying auspices. 
May we, my Companions, by the purity of our actsand honesty of our intentions, humbly 
endeavor to retain His smiles and bask continually in His favor--but more especially let 
us invoke upon our present Convocation His Blessing, without which all human efforts 
were vain, all labor idly spent. : 

It is well, as we enter upon the discharge of our duties, to review the past, and observe 
what beneficial results have crowned the operations of the system we are pursuing— 
whether fidelity has marked the course of those in whom we have confided trusts— 
whether there be unmistakeable evidence that harmony and uprightness of deportment 
prevail among all the members of our ordei ; and whether on our part, by any manifesta- 
tiors of affection, we can do aught to promote the happiness or increase the prosperity 
of those who shelter in our embrace. 

We may then turn for a moment and contemplate upon the existing attitude of our de- 
pendencies—Can we boast, fromthe absence of all irritating influences, and the generally- 
healthy condition pervading every department within our jurisdiction, that all things have 
been wisely ordered, and thus remain satisfied that more persevering exertions, more dia- 
interested devotion in the great cause in which we are engaged, would not tend still 
higher to elevate our noble order, still more to render it a model of perfection, an object 
of admiration? ; 

Here let us pause, and calmly survey the prospects which lie before us. We are here 
assembled for the purpose of legislating; not for ourselves alone, but for those whose very 
existence, as it were, hangs upon owr decree—low great then are our responsibilities, and 
how zealeusly should we watch over the interests committed to our charge! It is presuma- 
ble that the Delegates now present, fresh from the subordinate Chapters, are fuliy cogni- 
zant of the condition, views, feelings and wants of those whom they represent, and are 
prepared to submit for consideration such propositions as will meet the peculiar require- 
ments of their immediate constituents, or conduce to the well being of the fraternity at 
jarge—and I doubt not the Grand Chapter will cheerfully afford its aid in furthering all 
measures tending to the accomplishment of objects socommendable. Whilst we should 
not hesitate to establish all necessary Laws and Regulations calculated to advance the wel- 
fare of our Institution, let us be extremely cautious,in our zeal, to avoid excessive legis- 
lation, lest perchance, instead of remedying an evil, we inflict a scourge. Happily, with 
our own connexion, there exists no spirit of insubordination, no restless dispositions re- 
quiring any harsh appliances; all are manifestly desirous of walking up to the strict letter 
of their profession,.and earning a reputation for the faithful discharge of their duties. 
Where such a state of feeling predominates, and the constituted authority is duly respect- 
ed, it wete comparatively an easy task, even without extraordinary capacity, to govern with 
the most pleasing satisfaction. 

Masonry sustains a lofty bearing throughout the habitable globe—never, since its erec- 


‘tion, Was it more emphatically in the ascendant, both at home and abroad—within our 


own borders and beyond the mostdistant oceans. Its genuine principles are being more 
generally inculcated and ditfused; hostility succumbs to its generous forbearance and en- 


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lists under its attractive standard; and its great moral influence bids fair, at no distant 
day, to entice within its fold, the intelligent of every nation, kindred and tongue. I feel 
warranted in assuring you that the sublime Degree, in which we are more especially inte- 
rested, shares respectably in the general prosperity of the craft. Royal Arch Temples ars 
every where springing up, asif by magic, and their portals are thronged with worthy as- 
pirants for favor—particularly within our own jurisdiction, Royal Arch Masonry is alive, 
and there is in all directions, an increasing anxiety for the erection of new Altars, around 
which some worthy Companions may be privileged to offer up their Masonic sacrifices. 

During the past year, seven Dispensations, en proper application, have been issued for 
the erection of new Chapters—three of which were granted by the D. G. H. Piiest, and 
four by myself, as follows: Those granted by the D.G. H. Priest were, one at Oxford, 
named “Oxford;” one at Warrenton, named ‘ Warrenton;” and one at Hillsboro’, named 
‘Lafayette.’ Those granted by myself were, one at Windsor, named “T’emple.’’ Comp’s 
Kader Biggs, H. P., G. W. McGlauhon, K., Joseph R. Bird, S. One at Hamilton, named 
“Conoho,” Comp’s Wm. Slade, H. P., P. P. Clements, K., T. W. Ward, S. One at 
Hertford, named “Cherokee,” Comp’s John C. Fersil, H. P,, W. W. Griffin, K., Rober- 
son White, S., and one at Murfreesboro’, named “Mount , Ararat,’ Comp’s F. M. Cape- 
hart, H. P., A. J. Jones, K., Henry Gilliam, S., all the fees bemg deposited with the 
Grand Treasurer. 


Most of the above Chapters, I believe, have availed themselves of the services of our 
Grand Lecturer, Comp. Stevenson, and are understood to be prospering. Charters will 
probably be obtained for all the above, during your present Convocation, which will swell 
our numbers te Highteen regularly enrolled Chapters. 


I have felt compeiled, by a sense of duty, to withhold my assent, in three several im 
stances, tor the revival of dormant Chapters, having ascertained, by investigation, that 
two of them at least—the old “Temple Chapter” at Windsor, and “Zertbabel Chapter” at 
Edenton, had forfeited by their disgraceful procedures, all claim to favor; and that the 
other Chapter, the old ‘‘Lafayette,” at Hillsboro’, had never probably a legitimate pater- 
nity. Iam happy to add, that the force of the objections urged by me were readily ad- 
mitted, and applications for new Dispensations immediately substituted by the former pe- 
titioners. 

Ona representation from the High Priest of Salisbury Chapter, M. E., E. Myers, setting 
forth the improbability of his being enabled, within any reasonable length of time, to 
obtain the Degree of High Priesthood, and that he was about travelling out of the State, 
I granted hina permission to become qualified at his convenience; and authorized any 
regular Council beyond our jurisdiction to consecrate and install him—since which, I have 
received satisfactory evidence from the Grand Council of Virginia, that he there duly pass- 
ed through the ceremonies as above intimated. 

I received a2 communication from “Cherokee Chapter,’ under Dispensation, stating that 
the King and Scribe, owing to certain impediments preventing their regular attendance at 
the meetings ef the Chapter, thereby prejudicing its advancement, had proposed to re- 
sign, that others might be appointed in their place. Under these circumstances I issued a 
warrant, authorizing the resignation asindicated, and in that event appointing James V. 
Reed as King, and Willis H. Bagley as Scribe—at the same time directing that my wat- 
rant shonld be appended to the Dispensation and be considered a part and parcel thereof. 

Since our last Convocation, a correspondence with Comp’s Kader Biggs, and John V. 
Reed, in reference to Temple Chapter at Windsor, and Zerubabel Chapter at Edenton, 
has confirmed my former apprehensions that those Chapters had outraged all Masonic 
propriety, and consequently had forfeited all claim to respect. I therefore requested the 
above named Companions to take charge of the Charters and effects, collect all outstand- 
ing arvearages, pay off, so far as the means would permit, all just claims, and report their 
action inthe premises. I apprehend, however, that the matter will here rest forever. 

At our last annual meeting, a Resolution imposed upon the G. H. Priest the duty of 
examining into the situation of Phoenix Chapter. Availing myself of the opportunity 
presented by a contemplated visit of our Grand Secretary, R. G. Rankin, to Fayetteville, 
1 deputized him to ascertain its condition—his report was very satisfactory, representing 
that any apparent neglect in that Chapter arose from circumstances beyond their control 
—that himself, in connexion with two other High Priests, opened a Council and duly 
consecrated M. E.,E, Lb. Winslow, High Priest elect of the above Chapter——he further 
testifies as to the zeal of our Companions in Fayetteville. being assured that at the ap- 











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proaching Grand Convocation all necessary returns would be proniptly made through their 
representative. - 

The G. H. Priest was authorized to procure for the use of the Grand Chapter a set of 
Collara and Jewels——the necessary arrangements for effecting that object was made, and 
they have arrived, at your service. 

The Committee, appointed for the purpose, will submit for your consideration, a Consti- 
tution for the Grand Chapter as revised by them——it will be your province to take such 
action in regard thereto as your wisdom shail dictate. 

The regular triennial session of the General Grand Chapter was held in the city of 
Boston, in September last--the printed Proceedings of that Grand Body are placed on the 
Grand Secretary’s Desk, subject to inspection. Being unable to attend ‘in person, I ap- 
pointed as my proxy to represent our Grartd Chapter in that august assembly, our worthy 
Grand Lecturer, M. E., L. L:. Stevenson, from whom I have received only a partial Report. 
Expecting, however, that he will be present on thia occasion, and detail to you whatever of 
interest may have transpired while in attendance as above, I deem it unnecessary to tres- 
pass on your time by indulging in unprofitable speculations. It is to be doubted, however, 
whether the showing of the printed Proceedings, relative to the disposition of several im- 


‘portant subjects brought to the notice of that Grand Body, and urged upem its considera- 


tion by the special action of many entitled to respect, w.ll meet with general approbation 
—-verbal « xplanations, improper perhaps to be otherwise communicated, may nevertheless 
tend greatly to reconcile any apparent heedlessness ia the determining vf momentous ques- 
tions. Itis with no little impatience, therefore, we await those explanations. 

By the printed proceedings, the only action taken in regard to the R. and Select De- 
grees, Was on a proposition to enquire into the expediency of forming a G. G. Council for 
the U. 8.—voted inexpedient. So that those Degrees remain as they were, in common 
among the Chapters, Councils and other Supreme Grand Bodies. 

An Amendment to the G. G. Constitution, modifying the Fee for Charters, was negativ- 
ed. J should have objected to the general terms of the proposed amendment. A  speci- 
fied sum of, say not less than $50, should have been named. 

A uniform mode of Work and Lectures was agreed upon and established, varying in 
some particulars, as J am informed, from our present system. I have instructed our Grand 
Lecturer to conform thereto in his practice, which will doubtless receive your sanction. 

Propositions for creating a Representative Fund, and for permanently locating the G.G. 
Chapter at Baltimore, were laid over until the next triennial session. The first proposi- 
tion in regard to the establishment of a Representative Fund for the payment of the ne- 
cessary expenses of Delegates to the G. G. Chapter, and fixing permanent salaries for G. 
G. Officers, will require your future action, and sheuld be well matured, as a taz will be 
consequent thereto—altho’ even that in an economical point of view, may be favorably 
considered. 

Whether its constituency receive benefit or not from the late doings of the G. G. Chap- 
ter, Iam decidedly in favor of sustaining it, and opposed to any expression or act which 
may be applied to its transactions, bearing even the semblance of derision. 

The app rintment by this Grand Chapter of a Grand Lecturer, has proved eminently 
successful, the several Chapters availing themselves of the benefit ofhis services, having 
expressed to me in decided terms their obligations for the valuable instructions received by 
his visitations. Doubtless he will submit to you an interesting report of his sojourn among 
the Companions in the various portions of the State visited by him. 

By arecent communication from M. E., Wm. G. Hill, D. G. H. Priest, I regret to learn 
that it wili be out of his power to be present at this session of the G. Chapter. He reports 
the fact of his having Dispensated three Chapters—that Oxford and Warrenton are doing 
well; and that, assisted by Comp. Cosby, he recently opened the Chapter at Hillsboro’ and 
conferred some Degrees—the Companions anxiously expecting a visit from the Grand 
Lecturer. 

The second article of the Grand Constitution prescribes that at the present Convoca- 
tion shall be determined the expediency of continuing the Convocations of the Grand 
Chapter at Wilmington, or of holding them at some point which may have become more 
central. I trust that you have all come prepared in regard to that question, and that 
your action thereon will be marked bya singular unanimity. Let me admonish you, as 
the Representatives of a sublime Order, never to lose sight of your character as such, 
especially in the intercourse which will naturally spring up among you, that you suffer 
no warmth of feeling, no excitement of passion, to betray you into the indulgence of in- 


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flamatory expressions calculated in the smallest degree to wound the sensibilities of a sin- 
gle Brother, and which, in your more sober moments, vou would, yourselves abhor. I 
barely allude to so unpleasant a topic-—not that I apprehend any such occurrence, but to 
. place a Masonic veto upon certain disreputable scenes sometimes permitted to be enacted 
even within our consecrated Temples, to the great scandal of our sublime profession. 

The proceedings of our Sister Grand Chapters embody @ mass of interesting matter, 
and betoken throughout their extended jurisdiction an unwonted degree of prosperity. 
But I will not by any extended remarks, anticipate the Report of the committee appropri- 
ately having this matter in charge, not doubting that it will receive ample justice at their 
hands. ‘ 

Having with poor ability spread before you probably my last official communication, it 
remains only for me to apprise you of my determination to retire from all the responsi- 
bilities of office, my private affairs requiring at present my undivided attention. Whatev- 
er, therefore, may be your individual partiality, [ must unequivocally beg of you not to 
view meas available for any position involving responsibility. 

I am under heavy obligations to my Brethren, never to be cancelled, for the unabating 
confidence they have ever so generally reposed in me, and for the many honors they have 
literally showered upon. one so little deserving—-but, sensible of my imperfecticns, I feel 
that I am a Mason, both in body and soul, and that you will not question my sincerity, 
when Lassure you that,in whatever station, the most humble or exalted, fortune may 
hereafter place me, retaining the ordinary faculties with which I may by nature be endow- 
ed, and enjeying health and liberty, Masonry, on any trying emergency, whether bleeding 
from unpardonable indiscretions or jeopardized by threatening combinations, shall never 
suffer reproach for want of a ready Champion. 

With emotions enkindled by the fondest recollections, I take my leave, commending you 
most fervently to the protecting care of the Great High Priest above, praying that his 
Spirit may ever preside over your Councils, and watch over you individually. 


Pp. W. FANNING, G. H, P. 


Comp. Martin from the Committee on Charters and Dispensations, 
made the following report, which was received and adopted : 

Your Committee to whom was referred the application of Warrenton Chapter, War- 
trenton; Lafayette Chapter, Hillsboro’; Conoho Chapter, Windsor; and Oxford Chapter, 
Oxford; for Charters, with accompanying documents, embracing By-Laws, Proceedings, 
&c., have carefully examined the same, and find them regular and ia due form, with a 
very trifling exception found in the Ist article of the By-Laws of Conoho Chapter, whicn 
seems to recognize the right of any officer of the Chapter to call special Convocations, 
which article your Committee recommend should be amended by said Chapter. 

Your Committee recommend that Charters be granted to the above named Chapters, 
and as several of the Chapters holding Dispensatioas and Charters from tiis Grand Chap- 
ter under its original organization are now extinct, your Committee would recommend 
that the above Chapters take their numbers, which would give Warrenton Chapter No. 9, 
Lafayette No. 11; Conoho No. 12; Temple, No. 6; and Oxford, No. 8. Your Committee 
observe in the proceedings of Oxford Chapter, that on the 10th May, 1851, Thomas B, 
Jones was expelled by that Chapter from all the rights and benefits of Masonry; which 
proceedings we recommend should be referred to the Committee on Proceedings and Re- 
turns. Respectfully submitted. 

A. MARTIN, 
k. H. PENDER, g Committee. 
W. W. DANIEL, 

On motion of Comp. Martin, ‘3 


Resolved, That the Delegates present frona Subordinate Chapters, to whom Charters 
are ordered to issue, be admitted to seats inthe Grand Chapter. 


‘The report of the Special Committee on the Royal and Select De- 
grees, laid over to this Communication was taken up and. indefinite- 
ly postponed, 


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The Committee on Credentials made a further report, which was 
received and adopted. 


The Committee on meet S report Comp. J. A. Taylor, proxy for B. G. Bates, 
Scribe of Concord Chapter, No.1. Comp. Geo. Wortham, delegate from Temple Chap- 
ter, No.6. Comp’s Wm. Burge, H. P., T. J. Judkins, Scribe, and J. H. Moore, proxy for 
King of Warrenton Chapter, No. 9. Comp. Z.M. Paschall, H. P., Oxford, No. 8. Ra- 
leigh, No. 10, J. M. Cosby, H. P, 

A. MARTIN, Gin 
rT’. R. WILSON, é vommiuttee. 


On motion, it was 


Ordered, That a Convention be held this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of de- 
ciding upon the permanent location of the Grand Chapter, agreeably to the 2d mesile of 
the Grand Constitution. 


The Committee appointed at the last Convocation to amend the 
Constitution and By-Laws, through Comp. Martin, reported a new 
Grand Constitution, which was received and made the special busi- 
ness, after the adjournment of the Convention. 

The Grand Chapter called off ’till Convention adjourned. 


Turspay AFTERNOON. 

‘The Convention having adjourned, the Grand Chapter resumed 
labor. 

PRESENT. 

Officers and Representatives as this morning. 

Comp. J. W. Cosby appeared and took his seat as Grand King, 
and as representative of Raleigh Chapter, No. 10. 

The proceedings of the Convention held this afternoon, was re- 
ported to the Grand Chapter by the Secretary, which, on motion, 
was received and confirmed. 

The Constitution submitted by the Committee this morning, was 
taken up, read by articles, amended and adopted. 

On motion of Comp. Daniel, 

Resolved, That the election of Officers take place at 3 o’clock, P, M., to-morrow. 

On motion of Comp. Rankin, 


Resolved, That any Chapter whose Charter may be revived by the Grand Officers du- 
ring Tecess, shall not be chargeable with dues until after the next Anaual Grand Com- 
munication. 


The Grand Chapter called off till ny o'clock, A. M., to-morrow. 
ROBT. G. RANKIN, Grand Sec’y. 


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Wepnespbay, 10 o'clock, A. M., 4th June, 1851. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 


PRESENT. 


M, E., P. W. Fanning, his Bak 
ieee Alfred, Martin, i oiGrykb ob 
« «John W. Cosby, G. King. 
of ittee CL. Walson, GY Scribes, pst 
“ Peter Custis, G, Marshal, p. t 
« F.8. Marshall, GuPeoapat 
« Wm. W. Daniel, Gen TAC. 0. t 
Seychomklo’ ender; GeM. 3 Ve-p.\t 
« Th W. Hines, Ee 
i. Myers, G.M.i V. 
el EW. Brown, G. Treasurer. 
« Robt. G. Rankin, G. Sec’y, 
« LL. L. Stevenson, or. 1aeCh ts 
«Rev. Wm. Burge, G. Chaplain, p. t. 
EU ch Oy, Ge Byler: 


REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS. 
Concord, No. 1, R. G. Rankin, H. P. 
Roanoke, No. 4, W. W. Daniel, “ a, EF. S. Marshall. 
Concord, No. 5, Comp. R. H. Pender. 
Temple, No. “ — George Wortham. 
Eureka, \No. “ . Peter Custis, 'T'. R. Wilson. 
Oxford, No. 8, Z. M. Paschall, H. P. 
4 ( Wm. Burge, H. P., T. J: Judkins, &., 
Ve ae RE \ Comp. J. H. Moore. 
Raleigh, No.10, John W. Cosby, H. P. 
Union, No.17, Eli W. Hines, H: P. 
Salisbury, No. 20, E. Myers, H. P. 
Visitors—Comp’s C. D. Hill, and R. 'T, Heflin. 


Prayer by Rev, Comp, Wm, Burge, G. Chaplain, P. T. 
Comp. L. L, Stevenson made his report as Grand Lecturer, which 
was received and ordered to be spread upon the minutes. 


To rue Granp Royvat Arcu Cuarrer or Nortu Caro.ina. 
The undersigned having been appointed Grand Lecturer of Royal Arch Masons for this 

State at the iast Convogation of this Grand Body, respectfully report: 

That he has at their aohcitation, visited and instructed three of the chartered Chapters, 
viz: Phenix, No. 2, Fayetteville; Concord, No. 5, Tarboro’, and Keystone, No. 19, Plym- 
outh. I found the Fayetteville Chapter in quite a drooping condition, seldom meeting, 
and much in need of instruction, which [imparted to them, and had reason to believe 
when I left them, thatthey would go on, prospering. The Chapters at Tarboro and 
Plymouth, I am happy to say, are in quite a healthy condition. : 

During the year, I have set the following Chapters to work under Dispensations, some 
of which were issued by the Grand Hizh Priest, others by the Deputy Grand High Priest, 
viz: Temple Chapter, at the Town of Windsor, in which there were ten Exaltations, 


c—— 


CO Dry Ss 


ve ee ee rs, 


Ww 


Eby 


Oxford Chapter, at the Town of Oxford; Exalted nine. Warrenton Chapter, at the 
Townof \\arrenton; Exalted eight. (Conoho Chapter, at the Town of Hamilton; Ex- 
a.ted nineteen. Cherokee Chapter, at the own of Hertford; Exalted thirteen. Mount 
Ararat Chapter, at the town of Murfreesboro’ ; Exalted fifteen. : 

I left all those Chapters qualified todo the work of the several Degrees pertaining to 
the Chapter, in a creditable manner, and have no doubt they will all make ‘their returns 
and apply for Charters during the present Grand Convocation. 

At the request, and by the appointment of M. E., P. W. Fanning, Grand High Priest, I 
represented this Grand Chapter in the triennial session of the General Grand Chapter of 
Royal Arch Masons for the United States, which assembled at the Masonic Temple in the 
city of Boston, on the 10th day of September last. The printed proceedings of which 
meeting, now before this Grand Body, gives a full and clear history of all the business 
transacted by that august body, renders it unnecessary for me to make any other report in 
reference thereto, than that of exemplifying the mode of work, as adopted and directed 
to be practised by all the Chaptets under its jurisdiction; which I am »vrepared to do, at 
such time during the present session, as may be designated by the Grand Chapter. 

Respectfully submitted, 
L. L. STEVENSON, G. L. 


Comp. Custis from the committee on the address of the M. HE. G. 
High Priest, 
Comp. Pender from the committee on Claims, 


Comp. Martin, "ie ‘ “ Accounts, 
The MS GA Pee . “ Finance, 


Submitted reports, all of which were received and adopted. 
The Special Conimittee to whem was referred the Address of the M. E.G. High Priest 

for disposal of its various subjects, have the pleasure to report: | 

That every thing has passed off so smoothly during the past Masonic year, that there 
are no grievances to rectify—no questions to settle, and that there is nothing requiring 
the intervention of Committees, exeept the subject of a “ Representative Fund,’ which 
was submitted to Subordinate Grand Chapters by the General Grand Chapter, but as that 
body will not convene for a length of time, they recommend that the subject %e left for fu- 
ture action. 

PETER CUSTIS, 


F. S. MARSHALL. é Committee. 


— 


The Committee on Claims beg leave to report, that there is no business to come before 
them for their action, and ask to be discharged. 
, F. S. MARSHALL, 
RIL PENDER, ”§ Committee. 


Your Committee upon Accounts have examined the Books of the Treasurer and Sec- 


retary, and find them correct and in proper form. 


We find that the balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer, at the close of 





the Jast Annual Communication, was - - - - - - $569 17 
The receipts for the present year have been as follows, viz: 
For 7 Dispensations, - - - - - - - - 630 00 
For Dues from Subordinate Chapters, - - - - - : 150 00 
For Interest on Funds Invested, - - - : - - 27 00 
Amounting to the sum of - ee iy - . - $1,376 17 
The Disbursements, for all of which proper vouchers were exhibited 
amount to - = ~ B . - $479 12 
Amount invested by Finance Committee, ce - : 700 00 


~tame GO Fe 


eS 


Leaving Cash balance in the Treasury, of - : Gi97 08 
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The following Chapters have paid Bues for 1851, which amounts are included in the 
above statement, Roanoke, No. 4. Salisbury, No. 20. Eureka, No.7. Union, No. 17. 
Raleigh, No. 10, and for 1852, Concord, No. 5, and Concord, No.1. Gaston, No. 18, for 
1850 and 1851. 

The followmg Chapters are in arrears. 





Phoenix Chapter, No. 2, Fayetteville, 4 years, $60 00 
Chorazin Chapter, No, 13, Greensboro’, 1 year, 15 00 
Keystone Chapter, No. 149, Plymouth, 1 year, 15 00 

$90 00 


Respectfully submitted, 
) A. MA RTIN, | Cainenitios. 
ELI W. HINES, § 


The Finance Committee beg leave to report, that they have received from the Grand 
Treasurer the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars, which sum has been loaned out upon inte- 
rest, for Notes with good and sufficient securities. 

Respectfully submitted, 
P. W. FANNING, 
A. MARTIN, Committee 
T. W. BROWN, 


Comp. Cosby having enquired whether Phoenix Chapter, No. 2, 
was at work, and stated that Raleigh Chapter, No. 10, had conferred 
Degrees upon one within the jurisdiction of Phoenix, No. 2, without 
its consent, it was 

Resolved, That the whole matter be referred to a Committee of Two. 

Committee, Comp’s Wortham and Pender. 

Comp. Stevenson, presented the proceedings of Cherokee Chapter, 
U. D., asking for a Charter. Referred to the committee on Char- 
ters and Dispensations. 

The Grand Chapter called off itl oP. M. 


WepDNESDAY, 3 o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Chapter resumed. labor. 

PRESENT. 

Officers and Representatives as this morning. 

Visitors—Comp’s Robt. Strange, Jr., and Alfred Smith. 

Comp. Stephen D. Wallace, King of Concord Chapter, No. 1, ap- 
peared and was adinitted to a seat. 

Comp. F. M. Capehart presented the proceedings of Mt. Ararat 
Chanter, U. D., and requested a Charter. Referred to the commit- 
tee on Charters and Dispensations. 

The committee on Charters and Dispensations made a report, 
which was received and adopted. 


Your Committee to whom was referred the application of Cherokee eee in the 
Town of Hertford, Perquimons county, and Mount Ararat Chapter, at Murfreesboro’, 


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tferiford county, for Charters, with accompanying documents, embracing By-Laws, Pro- 
ceedings, &c., beg leave to report, that they have carefully examined the same, and find 


them regular and in due form. 


Your commitee would therefore recommend that Charters be granted to the above nam- 
ed Chapters, and that Cherokee Chapter take the number 14, and Mount Ararat Chapter 
number 3, and that Comp. Joseph M. Cox be appointed High Priest of Cherokee Chapter, 
at the request of the Cempanions of said Chapter. 

Respectfully submitted, 


W. W. DANIEL, 
R. H. PENDER, 


Comp. I’. M. Capehart, H. P., was admitted as a Delegate from 
Mt. Ararat Chapter, No. 3. 

The Grand Chapter proceeded to the Election of Officers. 
~ On motion, 


Committee. 


Ordered, ‘That in the event of no Companion receiving a majority of votes cast, the 
one receiving the lowest number shall be dropped on each ballot. 

Ordered, That in voting for Grand Officers the list of Chapters shall be called by the 
Grand Secretary, and the Delegates of each Chapter shall vote as their Chapter is 
called, : 

The Election resulted as fotlows : 

Robt. G. Rankin, of Wilmington, oe iy AA ee 
Wm. G. Hill, ‘“ Raleigh, LB CEN rb 
John W Cosby, .. iia G. lang. 
“eb. M. Paschall, “ Oxford, “Ge Scribe: 
Henry P. Russell, «« Wilmington, G. Sec’y. 
Thos. W. Brown, ‘ a G. Treas’r. 
Rev. Wm, Burge, ‘“* Warren, G. Chaplain. 
J. tl. Moore, ‘© Warrenton, G. Marshal. 

On motion of Comp. Cosby, 

Resolved, That the Installation of Officers take place at 10 o’clock to-morrow. 

On motion of Comp. Pender, 


Resolved, That the sum of Ffity Dollars be allowed Companion Rankin for his servi- 
ces as Grand Secretary, and that the Grand Treasurer pay the same. Also, that the 
Grand Treasurer be allowed Twenty Dollars for his services as Grand Treasurer. 


Comp. Wallace, from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, - 
made the following report: 


tee 


nw 


To tHe Granp RovaLt Arcu Cuapter or Nortru Caro.ina. 


The Committee on l’oreign Correspondence beg leave to report, that the proceedifigs of 


~ the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and of the Grand Chapters of the 


States of Virginia, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Alabama, New Hampshire, Vermont, and 
Mississippi, have been submitted to us, and have received that careful attention which their 
importance demanded. ‘The “triennial session,’ convened in Boston on the 10th Septem- 
ber, A. D., 1850, The precepts inculcated by the “Square, Level and Plumb” appear ta 


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have actuated the members, while harmony, order and despateh characterized their pro- 
eeedings, and hence a laudable disposition was evidenced to advance the interests of the 
order for whose welfare they had met to deliberate. 

In that body, this Grand Chapter was represented by Comp. L. L. Stevenson, as proxy 
for the G. H. P. Atan early period of the session, the vexed question of the Royal and 
Select Degrees, was referred to a Committee of which the Representative from this Body 
was a member, who reported “itimexpedient to take any action on the subject of forming 
a General Grand Council ot R. and S. Masters ;” which report was concurred in, wisely 
as we think, and we hope any farther agitation in the premises, will be abstained from, 
leaving those degrees where ancient usage has placed them, and where they have been 
found, under the jurisdiction of Royal Arch Masonry. ‘he propriety of conferring the R. 
A, Degrees on those not of hale and entire limbs, also received the attention of that body, 
and its decision we think in consonance with the views of this G. C.—they remark, that 
‘‘as a question of Masonic law” they ‘do not believe that the old rule can be considered as 
an ancient and essential land-mark which is to be treated as immutable forever,” but cun- 
sider it “a mere question of convenience and policy, which may be properly modified by 
competent Masonic authority ;” and to give authority and practical effect to these views, 
this Resolution was adopted. 

Resolved, That hereafter it shall be considered competent for a Royal Arch Chapter to 
confer the Chapter Degrees on a Master Mason who has but one arm. 

We are pleased to observe also, that the Committee on Work and Lectures were grati- 
fied, that so little difference existed as to the mode and manner of work practised by the 
Representatives, hailing as they did from every section of the Union,—-they observe ‘The 
slight variances even in the modes of expression was remarkable, when we consider the 
peculiarities of the vernacular tongue in different sections of the United States.” ‘This 
investigation and its results, we regard highly important, as uniformity in work and usages 
is of paramount importance tothe well being and perpetuity of the order. and we can 
conceive of no better plan of assimilation, than by bringing into association the different 
members composing the great family of Companions. ‘T’o attain this “desideratum,” it is 
extremely desirable that the circle should be complete, and that from one common centre 
should radiate the light to illumine and the law to govern. We appeal therefore to the 
dissenting Grand Chapters, and fraternally ask them to reconsider their opposition, and 
fondly anticipate that the future will findeach of them recognising the General Grand 
Chapter as their Supreme Head,—-then the Circle would be complete and the objections 
of this Grand Chapterremoved. We suggest that hereafter this G. C. require its Rep- 
resentative to be ‘“‘in propria persona”’ and that the Representative be held to a strict ac- 
countability—-we recommend a like action to other G. Chapters, believing that such a rule 
will forestall unwise legislation, and act as a safeguard against intolerance. 

The views entertained by this, in common with other G. Chapters as to the doctrine of 
Expulsion and its “modus operandi” between Chapters and Lodges, has been confirmed 
by the General G. Chapter as the true procedure, and we are pleased to observe that it is 
une general consent, and may therefore be set down as a part of the recognized 
“work. 

We learn also,that difficulties which existed in Louisiana and Texas have been adjust- 
ed, and that the fatter with the former now fraternize as members of the G. G. C., and 
further that Masonry in the great West,and South West has never. known a brighter or 
more auspicious day. May its march continue onward unti] its benign influences gird 
our country and number as its advocates the good and great of every clime. 

Our special thanks are due to the Grand Chapters already enumerated for their frater- 
nal courtesy in exchanging with us their published proceedings. We congratulate them 
all on their advancement in the sublime science, the bright prospect that awaits them in 
the future, and above ail on the sweet enjoyment realized by dwelling together in unity. 
May the existence of each be coeval with time, and each succeeding year find in this body 
the evidence of their perpetuity. We feel safe in affirming that this G. C. will promptly 
reciprocate such courtesy, believing each act of kindness promotive of that peace and har- 
mony, all true Masonsshould aim to cultivate. 

Your Committee approve the sentiment of the G. Chapter of Kentucky, that while 
Masonry is essentially and emphatically free, and that every Royal Arch Mason should 
have the privilege of entering a Chapter, every where, and “ad libitum,” so long as he 3s 
neither suspended ner expelled, yet it isa source of regret that many refuse to hold 
nembership, ucutralizing by their action the strength of our organization, We believe it, 


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the duty of each Mason, by his pregeueey his means, and influence to co-operaic in elevat- 
ing our order and assist in building up, establishiag and adorning our Temple in its most 
Holy Faith. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 
S. D. WALLACE, Chairman. 


Comp. Wortham, from the Special Committee on Phan'x and Ra- 
leigh Chapters, reported as follows: 
Report of the Committee on the matter of Phenix Chapter, No. 2, and Raleigh Chap- 


ter, No, 10. 
To THE Grand CHapTer or Norra CAROLINA. 
Your Committee beg leave to report, that the G. H. P., of the G. C. of N. C., having 


jurisdiction over the whole matter, they would respectfully refer it $0 his disposition. 
GEV. WORTHAM, 
R. H. PENDER, # Committee. 


Both of which were received and adopted. 
Comp’s Daniel, Marshall and Cosby, asked and obtained leave of 
absence. 
Comp. EF. M. Capehart, asked and obtained leave' of absence, and 
appointed Comp. T’.. W. Brown, his proxy. 
The Grand Chapter called off ’till to-morrow, 10 o’clock, A. M. 
ROBT. G. RANKIN, Grand Sec’y. 


Tuurspay, 5th June, 1851, 10 A. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
if PRESENT, 


M.E, P. W. Fanning, G. H. P. 
«A. Martin, P..Gigee? ; 
AB Vibelad Wy ham eM ATOL SS G. King, p. t. ‘j 
agree D> Yo Tudkins G. Scribe, p, t Miaueeda 
' «A. Martin, G. M. p. t. | 

‘ George Wortham, ’ GubraAy Gunns 

«© Jas, H. Moore, G. M.3 Vp. t. 

et, WW. tines, G. M. 2 V. 

«¢ i. Myers, GM. 1 YV. 

OT’. W. Brown, G. Treas’r, 

Pinch, 0x. eanwa nd, G. Sec’y. 

« ,, L. Stevenson, G. Lec’r. 

«“ Rev. Wm. Burge, G. Chaplin, p. t. 


“ Hiram W. Foy, Gr, Tyler, p. t 


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REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS. 
Concord, No. 1, R. G. Rankin, H. P. 
Mt. Ararat, No. 3 LEANN Brown, proxy of F. M. Capei hart, H.P, 
Concord, No. 5, Comp. R. H. Pender. 
Temple, mo. 6, ~“ George Wortham. 
Maro. No. 8, Z. M. Paschall, H. P. , 
Warrenton,No. 9, we GH a peek eS 
Union, No.17, Eli W. Hines, H. P. 
Salisbury, No. 20, EK. Myers, H. P. 
Visitors—Comp. H. P. Russell. 
Comp. Robt. G. Rankin, the G. H. Priest elect, was duly installed 
in office by M. B., P. W. Fanning, P. G. H. P. 
The M. E. G. H. P., then made the following appointments : 
Comp. Peter Custis, of Newbern, 5 aoa 
hie b. aycyers, “ Salisbury, i 1 ainsi 


ieee eeliines, Dupin, G.M.3 V. 
teri cnuer, | aruOro, . Lalvapse a es: 
‘“ Geo. Wortham,‘ Bertie, TS wht 


eT W Foy, “ Wilmington, G. Tyler. 

The Officers elected and appointed were duly installed by the M. 
ki. G. H. P., (those absent by proxy.) 

The M. E. G. H. P., appointed 

M. B., Comp. L. L. Stevenson, of Virginia, Grand Lecturer. 

Committee of Finance, Comp’s P. W. Fanning, A. Martin, T’. W. 
Brown. 

On motion of Comp. P. W. Fanning, 

Resolved, That the Grand Treasurer be instr eeted to pay Comp. H. W. Foy, Ten 
Dollars for his services as Grand /I'yler. 

The committee on Proceedings and Returns, made the following 
report, which was received and adopted. 

The committee on Returns beg leave to report that they have examined the several re- 
turns of the following Subordinate Chapters and find them correct., 


Exalted. Deaths. Expelled. 

Concord, No. 1, Wilmington, 16 1 

Mount Ararat, U. D., id 

Roanoke, No. 4, 5 l 

Concord, No. 5, 10. 1 

Temple, U. D., 14. 

Kureka, No. 7, 5 1 

Oxford, U. D., 11 is 
Warrenton, U. D., 22 

Raleigh, No. 10, sf) 2 

Cherokee, U. D., 1] 

Lafayette, U. D., 3 

Conoho, U. D., PA: 

Union, No.}17, \ 13 

Salisbury, No, 20, 17 





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Total, 172 6 


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The following Chapters have made no returns, Phoenix, No. 2; Chorazin, No. 13; 
Keystone, No, 19; and Gaston, No, 18. ° 
They recommend that the Expulsion of Thomas B. Jones, by Oxford Chapter, be . 
confirmed. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 
ROBT. H. PENDER, one of the Goltinittes. 


Comp. A. Martin, offered the following resolution which was 
adopted. 


Resolved, That whenever a Convention of High Priests shall assemble in this juris- 
diction, the President thereof shall repert proceedings to the Grane Secretary, who shall 
record the same in the books of the Grand Chapter. 


On motion of Comp. Myers. 


Resolved, That the M.E. G. H, P. be authorized to procure 30: suitable Aprons for the 
use of this Grand Chapter. 


Comp. Myers offered the following resolution, which was adopted. 


Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due, and are hereby tendered to 
St. John’s Lodge, No. 1, and to Concord Chapter, No. 1, for their kind attention extend- 
ed to us during this Convocation, and for the use of their Hall. 


On motion of Comp. Wm. Burge, 


Resolved, That the thanks of the Grand Chapter be tendered to M. E., P. W. Fan- 
ning, P. G. H. P., for the able manner in which he has conducted the proceedings of the 
same. 


On motion of Comp. Martin, 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be, and is hereby authorized to have 200 copies of 
the proceedings of this Grand Chapter printed, including the Constitution adopted at the 
present session. 


During the Convocation the following High Priests. were duly in- 
stalled. ; 
M. ., F. M. Capehart, of Mt. Ararat Chapter, No: 3, 


«WW. WW. Daniel, “ Roanoke a, A, 
i dua eRe Paschall, “ Oxford 3 EB 
“3 Wane Buree: “ Warrenton “ oie 


And the work as adopted by the General Grand Chapter exempli- 
fied by Comp. L. L. Stevenson, Grand Lecturer. 
The Grand Chapter closed in “Solemn Form,” to meet again on 
the first Monday in June, A.. D. 1852, A.-. 1. 2382. | 
HENRY P. RUSSELL, Grand Sec’y 


i9 
PROCEEDINGS 


Of the Convention of the members of the Grand Chaptey of North 

Carolina and ‘Delegates from Subordinate Chapters, ned in Sf. 

Johns Hall, in Wilmington, on Tuesday, the 3d June, 1851, pur- 

- suant to order, for the purpose ° of deciding upon the permanent 
location of the Grand Chapter. 


PRESENT : 
P. W. Fanning, UM, EL Goer. 
Alfred Martin, ea). ¢ ae Ds ie ke 
John W. Cosby, ests Ge errg, 
T. W. Brown, G. Treasurer. 
Robt. G. Rankin, G. Sec’y. 


DELEGATES FROM SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS. 
Concord, No. 1, R. G. Rankin, John A'T'aylor, 
Roanoke, “ 4, W. W. Daniel, F. S. Marshall, 
Concord, « 5, R. H. Pender, 
Temple, “ 6, George Wortham, 
Eureka, | “ 7, Peter Custis, T. R. Wilson, 
Oxford, “ 8, Z. M. Paschal, 
Warrenton, “ 9, Wm. Burge, T. J. Judkins, J. H. Moore, 
Raleigh, “ 10, John W. Cosby, a 
Union, oR 7, Es. WW Hines: 
Salisbury, ‘“ 20, KE. Myers. 
M.E., P. W. Fanning was Nes President and Robert G. 
Rankin, lectiany, 
On motion of Comp. Moore, 
Resolved, That the votein Convention be taken by Chapters. 
Resolved, That in case of a tie, where there are but two Delegates present from any 
Chapter, the higher officer of the two shall give the third vote of his Chapter. 
The Convention proceeded to ballot for the location, which re- 
sulted as follows: 
Wilmington, 27. Raleigh, 8 
The Convention adjourned. sine die. 
; P. W. FANNING, Pres’é 


R. G. Rankin, Sec’y. 


20° 


Wetmuineton, N.C. 3d June, A.-..D. 1851. A+, I, 2381. 
A Convention of High Priests assembled in St. John’s Fall. 
, PRESENT. 


M. E., L. L. Stevenson, President, 
i Alfred Martin, Master of Ceremonies, 
ernie ke” WV... Fanning, Conductor, 
e Robt. G, Rankin, Recorder, 


“i i. Mvers, 
Eo Wieeblines, 

kK. Companions John W. Cosby, High Priest elect of Raleigh 
Chapter, No. 10, and Wra. Burge, H. P. elect of Warrenton Chapter, 
, No. 9, presented their Certificates of Election, and were consecrated 
High Priests of the order of Melchisidec, in selemn form. 
Tuurspay, 4th June, 1851. 
A Convention of High Priests assembled in St. John’s Hall. 

PRESENT, 


M. i., L. L. Stevenson, President, | 
cc OoB. Meyers, Master of Ceremonies, 
co P. W. Fanning, Conductor, 
ts Rh. G. Rankin, Recorder, 


ee EK. W.- Hines, 


ki. Companions Z. M. Paschall, of Oxford Chapter, No. 8,0 War W.. 
Daniel, of Roanoke, No, 4, and I’. M.. Capehart, of Mt. Ararat, No. 
3, presented Certificates of Election as High Priests of their respec- 
tive Chapters, and were consecrated High Priests of the order of 
Meichisidec, im solemn form. 

ROBT. G. RANKIN, Recorder. 
7 4 
A LIST OF “HIGH PRIESTS” IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 


_ Wilmington, M. E., James F. McRee, 
i v6 bs Alex. MacRae, 

ts < P. W. Fanning; 
Alfred Martin, 
Isaac Northrop, 
Dugald MeMillan, 
. Robert G. Rankin, 








ai a a 
Raleigh, ae Wm. G. Hill, ~ 
<4 ‘ Ke bak. Bicerat, 
fi vu ef John W. Cosby, - 
Salisbury, cy Ki. Myers, 


Roxboi Q’, 


O58 oF 


Jordan, 


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Vavetteville, M. ., Robert Strange, 
+ SSE “ John McRae, 
3 a Bidyels: Winslow 
Duplin, i L. R. Loftin, 
- - li Wines, 5! 
Tarboro’, 3 Lewis Bond, 
‘t we Wim. Geo. Thomas, 
Halifax, 6s W. W. Daniel, 
e a eine Webb, 
Goldsboro’, as 
Oxford, ES 
Warrenton, 6 
Murfreesboro’, t 
Newbern, 6 A. rie a hepdeics 


The above list comprises all the High Priests, as far as can be at this 
time ascertained, should there be any omissions, the Grand Secretary would 
be pleased to receive notice to enable him to make a complete register. 


The Grand Chapter of North Carolina, in Account with 
T. W. Brown, Grand Treasurer. 








1850, Jan. 4, ToJohn Banks forTyling - - - - $$ 700 
«Appropriation Union Chapter, No. 17, : - 15 00 
« ¢ «¢ -Remitted Key Stone Chapter, : - : 36 80 
Sy et als a Salisbury Chapter. - - - 30 00 
‘© Jan. 19, Paid Secretary, - : - - - A8 27 
"Aue. 15,55 @ SAG, A. Brown, - : - 26 75 
“« Sept. 7, ‘Check on N.Y., L. L, Sitcohtan: . - 100 00 
“ Dec. 7, Paid Printing, (Carolinian,) - - - 1 50 
‘ on TA nes iS (A. A. Brown.) - - - 1 25 
oe 21 eer, G. Rankin, (Charters,) - - 30 00 
oe April22,. “ $, & D. Teller for Collars, - - 96 48 
“  « Subscription to Masonic Review, - - t 00 
“ May 27, ‘* Hodges for Desk, - - - Sav eas Ree) 
« « 31, To Book Binding,—Carteret,  - - - 2 62 
“ June %, Set of Jewels, - : - 70 00 
“May Paid A. A. Brown, Printing, - - - 1.50 
‘6 To amount Paid Finance Committee, . 700 00 
Balance on hand, - - - - 167 05 
; $1,346 17 
i850, Jan, 4. By am't bro’t up, balance on hand, - - $569 17 
« = « 5, Dues from Roanoke Chapter, - - - 15 00 
: “ July 26, Check, - - - - - - 90 00 
1851, May 22, Dues from Roanoke Chapter, - . - - 15 00 
«6 ‘«« 31, By 6 mos. Interest on $50, = - - 15 00 
Wah Go ate Cash, - - - - - - 548 00 
ae June 2, “ Dues from sundry Chapters, - - - 75 U0 
3, “ Raleigh Chapter, - - - 15 06 
he LY Es ‘Th. on $209—L NGEtbrane - - 12 00 
ee ES ~ $1,346 17 
?. Balance bro’t down, - : - - $167 05 


Since the above, I have ree’d frem Easton Chap’ r, No. 18, 30 00 
$197 OG 


¢ Committee, 





iSxamined and found Correct; * Pp. W. FANNING, 
; INO. W. COSBY, 


List of Subordinate Chapters under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of North Carol 
pers ee to ne es A ; Lie oe 


NAME, 





Cencore, 
Phenix, 


Mt. Ararat, 


Roanoke, 
Concord, 
Temple, 
Eureka, 
Oxford, 
Warrenton 
Raleigh, | 
Lafayette, 
Conohe, 
Chorazin, 
Cherokee, 
Union, 
Gaston, 
Keystone, 
Salisbury, 











Wilmington, 


Fayetteville, 
Murfreesboro’, 


Halifax, 
Tarboro’, 
Windsor, 
Newbern, 
Oxford, 
Warrenton, 
Raleigh, 
Hillsboro’, 
Hamilton, 
Greensboro’, 
Hertford, 
Dup!in, 
Roxboro’, 
Plymouth, 
Salisbury; 





Robt. G. Rankin, 
Ed. L. Winslow, 
I. M. Capehart, 
W. W. Daniel, 
Wm. Geo. Thomas, 
Kale Biggs, 

Ra be Jerkins, 
Fob. M. Paschall, 
Wm. Burge, 
John W. Cosby, 
Pride Jones, 
Wn. Slade, 


J- VE Cox, 
BE. W. Hines, 


E. Myers, 





M. Cronly, 
No Returns, - 


J.R. Darden, 


C.N. Webb, 

L. C. Pender, 
Peter Humeberry, 
E R. Stanly, 
J.T. Littiejohn, 


Wm. Dallas Haywood. 


J.-H. Turner, 

No Returns, 
Josiah H. White, 
C.D. Hill, 

No Returns, 

No Returns, 

J. A. Worth, 








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RETURNS OF CHAPTERS WORKING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE (GRAND 
CuarTeR oF Nortu Caro.ina. 
Coneord Chapter, No. 1,— Wilmington. 
OFFICERS. 


M. E., Robt. G. Rankin, 
ee S. D. Wallace, 
es B. G. Bates, 
Comp. Kk. J. Lutterloh, 
it Robt. Strange, Jr. 
de H. P. Russell 
hi kh. Morris, 
ars W. J. Price, 
re Derteller; 
. John A. Taylor, 
d M. Cronly, 
7: A. Paul Repiton, 
he Hi W, Foy, 


High Priest, 
King, 
Scribe, 
Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, 
Master 3 Veil, 

c¢ D2 ce 

ee ] (6 
Treasurer, 
Secretary. . 
Chaplain, 
Janitor. 


MEMBERS. 


BawW.-Panning.G. LH. P., 

Alfred Martin, P. G. H. P., 
_ Alex. McRae, Sr., P. H. P., 

Isaac Northrop, P. H. P., 

Thomas Marshall, 

Thomas Cowan, 

L. H. Marsteller, 

A. A. Brown, 

Geo. Harriss, 

D. McMillan, 

A. McRae, Jr., 

G. R. French, 

T. F. Gause, 

John Christian, 

Rev. William Closs, | 

Talcott Burr, Jr,, 

5S. D. Wallace, 

John Smith, 

C. B. Morris, 

E. Wolfe, 

T. W. Brown, 

D. E. Roberts, 

John D. Powers, 

Rev. Wm. C. Parks, 

Wm. A. Burr, 

J. A. Silliman, 

S. Teller, 

I. B. Smith, 

U. L. Fillyaw, 

Ney. 5S. H. Brown 

JoB. Russells 


T. D. Meares, 
J.S. James, 

J. Wilkinson, 
W. D. Smith, 

R. Maxwell, 

J. R. Beaman, 
Cyrus Packard, 
Joseph Green, 
James T’. Miller, 
D. A. Lamont, 
Robert Fenner, 
A.B. Chesnut, 
Treat F. Peck, 
Owen Fennell, 
J. R. Redman, 
Thomas |. Faison, 
W. W. Harriss, 
He Kelly, 
Wm. Murphy, 
C. McMillan, 
Alex. Lamont, 
Alfred Smith, 
Wim. G. Jones, 
Ti.Ce Worth; 
Wm. J. Price, 
Wm. Huntington, 
Jacob Lyon, 
Wim. C. Howazd, 
John McAzslan, 
‘ipa se Robeson, 
John Nutt, 


Owen Holines, 
James Burney, 
Ra. “Pyroy, 

J. A. Barnes, 
W.E. Freeman, 
J. M. Foy, 

H. Hirsh, 

John Garwood, 
John Branton, 


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Admitted 0; Exalted 16; Withdrawn 0; 


J. E. Metts, 

C. F. Murphy, 
P. D. Trawick, 
J. H. Wright, 
J.J. McDugald, 
W.C. Willkings, 
A. J. Howell, 
J.H. Alten, 


Samuel! Bond. 


Rejections 1. 





Deaths 1 ; Suspensions 1 ; 


Phoenix, No. 2,—Fayetteville,—No Returns. 





Mt. Ararat, No. 3,—Murfreesboro’,—Late Under Dispensation. 


ef W.H. Underhill, 





Roanoke, No. 4,--Halifax. 
OFFICERS. 


ue ike William W. Daniel, 
Thos. L. B. Gregory, 
- John T. Pope, 
Comp. A. V. Russell, 
6 Thomas G. Lowe, 
ms W. L. Long, 


¢f William E. Lane, 


“ W. W. Brickell, 


4 F. S. Marshall, 
A C.N. Webb, 
i H._ A. Sledge, 


C.N. Webb, 

John T. Pope, 
William L. Long, 
Wm. W. Daniel, 
Win. H. Underhill, 
A. V. Russell, 

T. J. Anderson, 
F.S. Marshall, 
James R. Wilkes, 
W. W. Brickell, 
Herbert A. Sledge, 
John W. Heptinstall, 
James B. Yellowby, 
Sterling H. Gee, 
Benjamin Burnett, 
Thaddeus Davis, 


Advanced 1; P.M., 


High Priest, 
King, 
Scribe, 


Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
R. A. Captain, 
Master 3 Veil. 

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c¢ j ce 
Treasurer, 
Secretary, 
Janitor. 
MEMBERS. 
Hezekiah Lassiter, 


T. S. Brownlow, 
Cary Whitaker, 
A. W. Simmons, 
M. C. Whitaker, 


George 
W.E. 


W. Gary, 
Lane, 


A. G. Jones, 

H. J. Macon, 

J. J. Judkins, 
Rev. Wm. Burge, 
J.H. Moore, 
James 8S. Snow, 
James H. Parker, 
L. H. Whitaker, 


Reve ae 


Exalted 5 ; 


G. Lowe. 
Deaths I. 


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Concord, No. 5,--Tarboro’. 


(OFFICERS. 
M. E., William Geo. Thomas, High Priest, 
‘: Lewis Bond, King, 
ss Henry T. Clark, Scribe, 
Comp. William Norfleet, Treasurer, 
ae Louis C. Pender, Secretary, 
“ James Mehegan, Captain of. the Host, 
$§ William S. Long, Principal Soiourner, 
ob Josiah S. Pender, ‘ R. A. Captain, 
ae William H. Hines, Gabe 3 V. 
ee Robt. H. Pender, Cee 
Ta L. D. Farmer, SOR aG Foot: 
. Redden Daughtery, Tyler. 
MEMBERS. 
Ben. M. Jackson, W. H. Smith, 
D. S. Crenshaw, ~ John H. Drake, 
Benjamin Batts, Solomon Pender, 
_P.S. Sugg, John Moorning, 
Henry Bryan, Andrew E. Gill, 
Arthur 8. Mooring, William Crocket, 
Jesse H. Drake, William J. Armstrong, 
Westly Swift, T. C. Hearn, 
» John I. Hughes, James Nelson, 
Jobn R. Mercer, William IF. Mercer, 
‘B.C. Watson, Arthur Freeman, 
Redden Daughtery, John G. Williams, 


William Andrews, 
Admitted 9; Exalted 10; Withdrawn 4; Deaths 1; Expulsions 0 ; 
Suspensions 03 Rejections 0 3 


Temple, No. 6,--Windsor,—- Late Under Dispensation. 


Tureka, No. 7,--Newbern. 


ORBICERS:, 
M. E., yA Toderkiag: ‘High Priest, 
$s Matthew A. Outten, King, 
ae rev. Jamies, Breaker, Scribe, 
Comp. Andrew LE. Richardson, Captain of the Host, 
af Peter Custis, Principal Sojourner, 
af Edward F. Smallwood, Royi.l Arch Captain, 
i Luther R. Clark, G. M. 3 Veil, 
“5 Thomas R. Wilson, Soothe cf 
“Oliver 8S. Dewey, at spy aap 
3 John D. Whitford, Treasurer, 
. If. R. Stanly, Secretary, 
Levi Stone, Tyler, 


*¢ Rev. Jacob Utley, Chaplain. 


~—~aeeree eae 


NE Te a Eo 


Exaltations 9 ; Rejections 0; 


MEMBERS. 


Rev. William B. Wellons, 
Wm. C. Hunter, 

Edward F. Smallwood, 
John Harvey, Sr., 

John A. Brookfield, 
Thomas Sparrow, Sr., 
James Hayward, 


Admitted 5; Exalted 5; Withdrawn 2; Deaths 1; 


George Green, 
Edward R. Coward, 
William C. Pittman, 
Ashley A. Allen, 

F. B. Harrison, 
Allen Blount. 


Expulsivns 0 ; 


Suspensions 0; Rejections 0. 





Oxford, No. 8,-—-Oxford,--Late Under Dispensation. 





Warrenton, No. 9,-—Warrenton,-—-Late Under Dispensation. 





\ Roleigh, No. 10,—-Raleigh, 
OFFICERS. 
se Be John W. Cosby, High Priest, 
Charles H. Johnson, King, 
es Dabny Cosby, Scribe, 


Comp. John R. Harrison, 
a Wm. J. Clark, 
ee James T’. Marriott, 


4 Wm. Dallas Haywood, 


ve J.J. Biggs, 

46 Albert Johnson, 

as William H. High, 
oe John Kane, 

rf James Terrell, 


Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, 
Secretary, 
Treasurer, 
G. M. 3 Veil, 

6é wy C6 

€¢ 1 14 
Janitor. 


MEMBERS. 


William G, Hill. 
Robert W. Seawell, 
William D. Cooke, 
Joseph Woltering, 
Willie W. Johnson, 
James G. Jeffreys, 
Alston A. Jones, 
William F. Collins, 
Willie D. Jones, 
Joseph 'T. Hunter, 
Daniel B. Griffin, 
William Thomas Bain, 
C. W. D. Hutchings, 


Withdrawals 0; 


James D, Newsom. 
Joseph D. Powell, 
Jefferson M. Lovejoy, 
John O. Jeffreys, 
Thomas Young, 
Thomas Jefferson Utley, 
Rufus T. Heflin, 
Eldridge Smith, 

Henry W. Miller, 
James Harris, 

S. Dorsey Beavers, 
Calvin J. Rogers, 
Edward Yarbrough, Sen. 
Deaths 2 ; Expulsions 0; 


Suspensions 0. 





Lafayette, No. 11,—Hillsooro’,--Late Under Dispensation. 


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Conoho, No. 12,—-Hamilton,--Late Under Dispensation. 





Chorazin, No. 18,—Greensboro’,—No Returns. 





Cherokee, No. 14,-—Hertford,--Late Under Dispensation. 





Union, No. 17,-—Duplin. 
OFFICERS. 


* oe Eli W. Hines, 
Daniel Bowden, 
KE Joel Loftin, 
Comp., Thomas Wright, 
. Samuel Loftin, 
L. R. Loftin, 
e Buck Bowden, 
“ B. C. Bowden, 


= Jas. Winders, 
6 Oates S. Lewis, 
ee C. D. Hill, 


$6 Wm. H. G. Sikes, 


John Wright, 
David Jones, . 

D. B. Newton, 
G. W, Wallace, 
Wm. Hollowell, 
Wm. F. Pollock, 
Jesse J. Baker, 
David Wright, 
Joseph R. Hatch, 
Lewis F. Carr, 
Edward W. Fonville, 
Wm. Caraway, 


High Priest, 
King, 
Scribe, 
Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, 
Master 3 Veil, 

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&¢ ; ] 6é 
Treasurer, 
Secretary, 
Tyler. 


MEMBERS. 


James F. McDuffy, 
John E. Becton, 

A. R. Hicks, 
Henry Swinson, 

F. B. Millard, 
James W. Blount, 
Thomas J. Judson, 
Exum L. Powell, 
Hanson F. Murphy, 
Joseph J. Ward, 
A. Guy, 

John Caraway, 


Exalted 13; Rejectlons 0; Withdrawals 2; Deaths 0; Expulsions 0; 
Suspensions 0. 





_ Gaston, No. 18,—Roxboro’,-—No Returns. 





Key Stene, No. 19,—Plymouth,—No Returns. 





Salisbury, No. 20,—Salisbury. 
OFFICERS. 


ee K. Myers, . 
Hand James, 


ih Archibald Caldwell, 


Comp. Daniel Coleman, 
J. A. Worth, 
- Dolphin A. Davis, 


High Priest, 

King, 

Scribe, 

Treasurer, 
Secretary, 

Captain of the Host, 


ae 


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Comp., .» Luke Blackmer, 
Henry C. Simonton, 


ef David W. Honeycutt, 


«6 J. M. Coffin, 

c6 John J. Shaver, 

“¢ T. Page Ricaud, 
64 Obadiah Woodson, 


Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, 
Master 3 Veil, 

&¢ y e¢ 

6¢ 1 c¢ 
Chaplain, 
Janitor. 


MEMBERS. 


Thales McDonald, 
Myer Myers, 
Robert Burns, 
A. D. Montgomery, 
Turner Pinkston, 
A.M. Booe, 
Braxton Baily, © 
Jehu Hank, 
Preston W. Wooley, 
Thomas Trotter, 
Samuel Taylor, 
Piercel Thompson, 
David D. Salmon, 
A. P. Alsabrook, 
George Riley, 
James A. Johnson, 
William Hunter, 
Admitted 1; Exalted 17; 


Withdrawn 0; 


Alexander Springs, 
James G. Ramsey, 
Archibald Honeycutt, 
T. J. Bryan, 

George M. Makepeace, 
G. W. Johnson, 

John Kelly, 

Robert 8. Young, 
Samuel Rose, 

Charles L. Partee, 
Joseph F. Chambers, 
James Pagcoe, 

B. Clegg, 

Clarkson Coffin, 
George W. Farrable, 
F. M. Ross, 


Deaths 0; Expelled 0 ; 


Rejected 1, 





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FORM OF RETURNS FOR A SUBORDINATE CHAPTER. 
| Return of Chapter, No. , working 
under jurisdiction of the M. Ki. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of North 
Carolina. 


Regular Meetings held on 











OFFICERS. 





MEMBERS. MEMBERS. 


NP ce RR TR TE A I A TE ES SE OT, RETR, TL AIT 

















: ._..__» | Withdraw- } Expul- ‘ Total No. of 
Exaltations. | Rejections. ait Deaths. | ions, | Suspensions Members. 
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Form of Proxy for the High Priest, King or Scribe ora 
Subordinate Chapter. 
I, A. B., (High Priest, King or Scribe,) of 
Chapter, No. constitute Companion C. D., my proxy to represent 
me at the next Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of 
the State of North Carolina, to be held in Wilmington, on the 


day of in the year of A... 1.238 Av. D.185 
Witness my hand and seal this day of A.. 
D. 185 


[SEAL.] 


CONSTLEUTION 


OF THE 


GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER 


OF 


NORTH CAROLINA, 


REVISED AND ADOPTED, JUNE, 1851. 





Articue 1. This Grand Royal Arch Chapter shall consist of the 
following officers, viz: Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand High 
Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secreta- 
ry, Grand Marshal, Grand 'T'yler, together with the Past Grand High 
Priests, Past Deputy Grand High Priests, Kings and Scribes, and of 
the High Priests, Kings and Scribes for the time being of the seve- 
ral Chapters under the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter. All of 
whom shall be entitled to a vote, except the Grand Tyler. Provid- 
ed, that when any Past Grand officer shall cease to be a member of 
a Subordinate Chapter, his membership in this Grand Chapter shall 
cease. a 

ArTIcLE 3. The regular Communications of this Grand Chapter 
shall be held in Wilmington, N. C., on the first Monday in June, in 
each year. And in case of the absence of the Grand High Priest, 
the Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King or Grand Scribe, or 
either of them shall preside, taking precedence according to rank ; 
in the absence of all the above named officers, then the oldest Past 
Grand officer of those grades present, and if there be none of the 
Past Grand officers of the rank above named present, then the High 
Priest of the oldest Subordinate Chapter present, shall have power to 
preside, and the Representatives of three Subordinate Chapters shall 
constitute a quorum. And if on the day of meeting there be nota 
quorum present, the Presiding officer may adjourn the Grand Chap- 
ter from day to day, until the close of the fourth day, when if no 
quorum be present, the meeting shall be adjourned until the next 
Annual meeting, unless sooner or especially convened. 

Articie 3. The officers of this Grand Chapter shall be chosen 
at each regular Annual Communication, for the term of one year. 
But should the Annual Communication not be held at the stated 
time, they shall hold their offices until others are chosen, And the 
Grand, or Deputy Grand High Priests respectively, for the time be- 
ing, shall have power to call special meetings whenever they shall 


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deem it expedient, of which all the Subordinate Chapters shall be 
duly notified. 

Articie 4, All questions befcre this Grand Chapter shall be de- 
termined by a majority of votes cast. 

Antic LE 5. he constitutional officers of this Grand Chapter 
shall be elected by ballot, except the Grand Lecturer and Grand 'T'y- 
ler, who shall respectively, be appointed by the Grand High Priest, 
all of whom if present, shall be duly Installed into their respective 
oflices before the closing of the Grand Communication. And if any 
officer be absent at the time of his election or appointment, he shall 
be immediately notified by the acting Grand Secretary, with a re- 
quest that he signify his acceptance or refusal of the office, within 
Thirty days. And should any officer so notified, decline serving, or 
neglect to give notice within the specified time, then such office shall 
be deemed vacant, and filled by the appointment of the Grand 
High Priest, or in case of his death, absence or inability, by the 
Deputy Grand High Priest, and all other vacancies of offices by 
death or otherwise, may be filled as above. 

Articie 6. None but a regular Royal Arch Mason, holding mem- 
bership in a Subordinate Chapter under this jurisdiction, shall be 
admitted to a seat in this Grand Chapter as proxy, nor shall he rep- 
resent more than three members at the same Communication. And 
all persons acting in that capacity must be furnished with creden- 
tials by the members so represented. 

Articie 7. 'The’Grand Lecturer shall be furnished with a com- 
mission by the Ggand High Priest, under the seal of the Grand Chap- 
ter, attested by the Grand Secretary, which commission shall remain 
in force until the next Annual Communication succeeding his ap- 
pointment, unless revoked by the Grand High Priest. And it shall 
be his duty, at the request of any Subordinate Chapter under this 
jurisdiction, to visit such Chapter, and instruct them in the work 
lectures, and all things appertaining to the government of a Chapter 
and tue interest of Royal Arch Masonry. And the Chapter so em- 
ploying him, shall make him such compensation as shall be agreed 
upon by the ‘parties, He shall keep a record of his proceedings, and 


report the same to the Grand High Priest when required, and to the 


Grand Chapter at its Annual Communication ; and shall make no 
alterations in the work or lectures adopted by this Grand Chapter. 

Articire 8. A Committee of Three shall be appointed at each 
Annual Communication immediately atter the Installation of the 
Grand officers, to be styled the Committee of Finance, whose duty 
it shall be to examine and audit all bills presented agaist the Grand 
Chapter, together with the Books and accounts of the Grand ‘Trea- 
surer and Secretary, and report at the Annual Communication im- 
mediately succeeding their appointment, and previous to the election 
of oflicers. They shall also have power to invest from time to time 
any funds belonging to this Grand Chapter. 


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ArvicLe 9. This Grand Chapter, at every Communication, shali 
be opened in solemn form previous to the transaction of any business. 

ArticLe 10. The Members of, and Representatives to this Grand 
Chapter, must appear properly clothed with the badges of a Royal 
Arch Mason. 

ArvticLe 11. The Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary shall 
have their Books ready for examination at the commencement of 
‘each Annual Communication of this Grand Chapter; ard for their 
services shall receive such compensation as this Grand Chapter may 
approve. 

Arric.eE 12. Every petition to this Grand Chapter for a Warrant 
to open a new Royal Arch Chapter, must be signed by at least Nine 
Regular Royal Arch Masons within this jurisdiction, and accompa- 
nied with a certificate from the Chapter within the State nearest the 
contempiated location of the new Chapter, vouching for the moral 
character and Masonic abilities of the petitioners, and recommend- 
ing that a warrant be granted them. And the Grand, or Deputy 
Grand High Priest upon the receipt of such petition, 1f approved, 
shall grant his Dispensation for the same, to remain in force until 
the first Annual Communication of the Grand Chapter, thereafter, 
when said Chapter shali petition for a Charter, unless for satisfacto- 
ry reasons the warrant shall be continued until the succeeding An- 
nual Communication, at which time application shall be made for a 
Charter, otherwise said warrant shall be revoked. 

ArtTicLe 13. The Fees for a Warrant for opening and holding a 
Royal Arch Chapter shall be Ninety Dollars, of which the Grand 
Secretary shall receive 'T’en Dollars for his services in furnishing the 
same, and no warrant shall be granted until the Fees are paid. And 
when any Charter shall be granted to the Chapter having received 
such Warrant, the Fees first deposited shall be credited in payment 
of the same. Butif a Charter be not granted; and said Warrant 
be withdrawn, then the Fee shall be returned to the petitioners, ex- 
cepting only such part thereof as may have been expended by 
means of their application. 

Articue 14. The several Chapters under the jurisdiction of this 
Grand Chapter shall pay for the support thereof, into the hands of 
the Grand ‘Treasurer, annually, the sum of Fifteen Dollars. Pro- 
vided, that Chapters working under a Warrant shall pay nothing © 
for the time they shall have held such warrant. But in case of ex- 
tension of the time of application for a Charter, in which case they 
‘shall pay the regular Fees of a Chapter under Charter, for the time 
so extended, and no Chapter in arrears shall have a vote in this 
Grand Chapter. 

Articue 15. No Chapter under this jurisdiction, shall change its 
location, except with the concurrence of this Grand Chapter, upon 
the application of a majority of the members of such Subordinate 
Chapter, recommended by the Chapter nearest the place to which if 
is proposed to be removed. 


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Arricie 16. Every Royal Arch ‘Chapter under the jurisdiction 
of this Grand Chapter, shall be represented at each Grand Convoca- 
tion by their High Priest, King and Scribe, in person or by their res- 
pective proxies. And whenever the first three officers of a Subordinate 
Chapter, or any one of them cannot attend the Annual meeting of this 
Grand Chapter, or shall fail to appoint his or their proxy or proxies to 
represent them or their Chapter, it shall be competent for such Chapter 
to elect or appoint a delegate or proxy. And at the Annual Convoca- 
tions they shall make return of the names of their officers and members, 
together with all exaltations, deaths, suspensions, expulsions and 
withdrawals. And if any Chapter under this jurisdiction shall fail 
to assemble once in any year, or shall neglect to be represented in 
this Grand Chapter for two years in succession, or shall fail for two 
successive years to make returns as above, and pay its dues to this 
Grand Chapter, then, and in either case of delinquency, the saic 
Chapter shall forfeit to the use of this Grand Chapter, its Charter, 
with its.records, jewels, regalia, and furniture, together with its mo- 
netary, and all other property of every description. | 

ARTICLE 17. The application of every candidate for the Degrees 
in any Chapter under this jurisdiction, shall be made in writing, 
signed by the applicant, and recommended by a member of said 
Chapter. And said application shall lay over at least one meeting 
of said Chapter for the consideration of its members, unless in cases 
of emergency, so deemed by a majority of the members present. 
And the vote in allcases of application for the degrees or for mem- 
bership, must be unanimous to admit. 

ArtTIcLE 18. No Chapter under the jurisdiction of this Grand 
Chapter, shall exalt any candidate to the degree of Royal Arch Ma- 
son, for a less sum than T'wenty Dollars, and no candidate shall be 
balloted for until said fee is paid, and no note of hand shall be ta- 
ken by any Chapter for such fee or any part thereof. 

ArticLE 19. No Companion having been a member of any other 
Chapter, shall. be admitted to membership in any Chapter under this 
jurisdiction until he shall have paid all arrearages to the Chapter of 
which he was last a member. , 

Articie 20. No Chapter under this jurisdiction shall exalt any 
candidate who is a resident of another State, where a Subordinate 
Chapter is established, without a special recommendation from the 
Chapter in such State nearest his place of residence, or from one of 
the three principal officers of the Grand Chapter of the State where 
he resides, and no candidate living within this jurisdiction shall re- | 
ceive any degree in any other than the Chapter which is nearest his _ 
place of residence, without a recommendation from said nearest 
Chapter. 

ArticLe 21. No Chapter or assembly of Royal Arch Masons 
which may hereafter be formed within this jurisdiction, shall be 
deemed legal without the sanction of a Warrant from this Grand: 
Chapter; and all Masonic communication, either public or private, 


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between any Chapter, under this jurisdiction, or any of its members, 

and any Chapter so illegally formed, or any person therein exalted» 
is hereby strictly forbidden, and a breach of any part of this article 
shall be punished by expulsion, or exclusion from all the benefits of 
this Grand Chapter. 

ArricLe 22. The High Priest, King and Scribe of any Chapter 
under this jurisdiction, when not able to attend the Grand Commu- 
nications, shall appoint their proxy or proxies, by a commission sig’n- 
ed with their names, with their seals affixed, which commission 
shall continue in force only during the year for which the said High 
Priest, King or Scribe was elected. 

ArTicLE 23. ‘This Grand Chapter shall have original jurisdiction 
over all matters of controversy which may arise between any of the 
Subordinate Chapters under this jurisdiction, or between members 
of ditferent Subordinate Chapters, and appellate jurisdiction in all 
matters of controversy, proper for Masonic investigation, arising in 
any Subordinate Chapter. 

Articie 24, When any member of a Chapter under this jurisdic- 
tion shall be accused of any offence, which if proved against him, 
would subject him to suspension or expulsion, the proceedings in 
_ the premises shall be conducted agreeable to the following rules: 

1st, 'The accusation shall be made in writing over the signature 
of a Royal Arch Mason, and given in charge to the Secretary of the 
Chapter, who under the direction of the High Priest, shall serve or 
cause the accused to be served with an attested copy of the charges, 
ten days at least before the time appointed for the examination. 
Provided, the residence of the eompanion so charged shall be known, 
and shall be within the distance of twenty miles of the place where 
the Chapter is located. If the residence of the accused be at a 
greater distance than twenty miles, but within the State, then and 
in that case,a summons to appear and show cause, forwarded to 
him by mail or other conveyance, thirty days before the trial, shall 
be considered sufficient service, If the residence of the delinquent 
be unknown, the Chapter may proceed to examine the charges ex 
parte. 

2d, The examination of the charges shall be had in a Chapter, 
specially notified and convened for the purpose ; at which no VisI- 
tors shall be admitted except as council or witnesses. 

3d, The accused may select his own counsel, and the witnesses 
shall testify on their honor; hearsay evidence shall be excluded. 

Ath, The question, is the accused guilty or not guilty? shall be 
distinctly put to each member, commencing with the youngest mem- 
ber. The answer shall be given standing, and in a distinct and au- 
dible manner. 'The Secretary shall record the same. ’ 

5th, If the verdict be suspension or expulsion, the proceedings 
shall be sent up at the ensuing meetmg of the Grand Chapter tor 
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6th, A sentence of expulsion shall not take effect until confirmed 
by the Grand Chapter, but shall operate as a suspension of the de- 
linquent. 

7th, A companion feeling himself agrieved by the decision of a 
Subordinate Chapter, shall have the right of appeal to the Grand 
Chapter, he having given due and timely notice to the Subordinate 
Chapter, of his intention so to appeal from its decision. 

8th, Whenever this Grand Chapter shall reverse or abrogate the 
decision of a Subordinate Chapter, suspending or expelling a com- 
panion, and shall restore him to the benefits and privileges of Ma- 
sonry, he shall not thereby be restored to membership within the 
body from which he was suspended or expelled, without its unani- 
mous consent. 

9th, In all respects other than those here specified, the proceed. 
ings shall be conducted agreeably to the regulations of Ancient 
Craft Masonry. 

ArtTicLe 25. Noalteration or amendment to this Constitution 
shall be made at any other than the regular Annual Communication. 

Articie 26. All former Constitutions and By-Laws of this Grand 
- Chapter are hereby repealed. 


INDEX. 


A. Page. 
Approval Preeeedings of Convention. - - - . ” 10 
APPROPRIATIONS, 
To Comp. Rankin, Grand Secretary, - - ° . - 14 
« « Brown, “ Treasurer, - - 4 > . 14 
66 66 Foy, 66 Tyler, re ss - 1 mt P Ws 
APPOINTMENTS, 
Of Subordinate Officers, - . - . - - ° - - 17 
“© Grand Lecturer, - - - - - = - bs a 17 
C; 
Commitrrers APPorInreD, 
On Credentials, . - - : - wir BS 3 
‘¢ Unfinished Business, - eile ice - - - » : s 3 
“ Charters and Dispensations, . - - - - - - = 4 
Muiooeeamemmna returns, << ie be wt Tee 
“¢ Foreign Correspondence, : SE ee ea - ‘ 5 
‘* Claims, - - - . ° - a . 5 
s* Accounts, - - - . * : : teh dal 
“ Report of M. E.G.H. P., - : - : ei a 6 
© Raleigh and Phenix Chapters, - - - - “ 13 
Of Finance, - - - : 2 : : 17 
CHAPTERS, 
Warrenton, U. D., - - - - : . : - A : 4 
Temple, ‘6 - - = W 4 4 z ‘= s : 4 
Conoho, of - - 2 4 A - . Y 4 
Lafayette,  ‘ - - - : . : : 2 4 
Oxford, 6 : = . 7 ‘ ¢ : u a G 
Cherokee, ‘ = - - = : x € “ _ : c 13 
Mt. Ararat, “ - - - = “ . : a : > £3 
ConsTITUTION, 
Report of Committee on : - - . - - 10 
Adopted, . - - - - - 2 oe, 10 
Printed, . . - - - . “ m : . 31 
. Conventions of High Priests, - - . - : - - - - 20 
E, : 
Election of Officers, 2 a ES Se ere we utgmemnes ize 
F. 
Form of Returns, s 7 4 p z 2 r t 30 
ie Sakated SAKE? 4 - - : nade Ses a : - 30 
Ik hie 
Jnstallation of Officers, “ . ‘ : : 17 


ss * High Priests, - - ; , ; 4 F : 4 Ly 


List of High Priests in North Carolina, - 
«« « Subordinate Chapters, - - 
Location of Grand Chapter, - - 


Proceedings of Convention, - - 
Reports or ComMMITTEES, 


On Proceedings and Retums, = - - 
“ Charters and Dispensations, - 


“ Raleigh and Phenix Chapters, 7 


“ Accounts, > . A . 

“ Report of M. E.G.H. P., - - 
«* Credentials, - ” ~ - 

** Unfinished Business, - - - 
*¢ Royal and Select Degrees, - 

« Constitution and By-Laws, - ° 


“ Claims, - - - . a 
“ Foreign Correspondence, : - 
Of Finance, - - - 
“ M.E.G.H.P,, - - - - 
«© Grand Lecturer, - ° - > 
ResOLUTIONS, 
Relating to purchase of Breast Plate, 
“ 66 46 Ss Aprons, Z 
“ “ Delegates from Chapters U.D., 
Y ‘* a Convention, - - 
hs “ Election of Officers, - - 
és “ Installation ss - 
% “ Chapters revived, . - 
a «© Conventions of High Priests, 
« Printing Proceedings, - 


Of thanks to P. G. H. P., Fanning, 
« « “St. John’s Lodge, No. }, 
¢ «© Concord Chapter, No. 1, 
Returns of Subordinate Chapters, - 
Treasurer’s Account, - E z 


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Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of North Carolina. 
To 
H. P. of Chapter, No. 


You are hereby ordered to cause the Proceedings of the Sixth An- 
nual Grand Convocation of the Grand Chapter, to be read in your Chapter, 
within two months after receipt. | 
| ROBT. G. RANKIN, G. H. P. 
Attest, H. P. Russzuz, Gr’d Sec’y. , 





PROCEEDINGS OF 


Tue Sixtu Annvan Convocation oF tHE M. E. Granp Rovan Arce 
Cuapter or Norra Caronina, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE Hau or Sr. 
Joun’s Lover, No. 1, 1n Witmineton, N. C,, on Monpay, THE SEVENTH 
DAY oF JUNE, A.-. L., 5852, A.-. I., 2382, A.-. D., 1852. 

) PRESENT : 


M. E., Robt. G. Rankin, Grr: s Ps 
cc Alfred Martin, PO GM a: 
fet VV. Fanning, Guy pats 
(ogee Ino. eR. Harrison, G.5S., p. t. 
cd. tt. Moore, G. Marshal, 
«¢ W. Geo. Thomas, G. BS sp. 
«Ezekiel Myers, G.R. A.C, p. t 
“A. G. Jones, G. M. 3d V.p.t 
on Ts eRe Doftin’ G.M.2d V.p.t 
«A, A. Brown, G. M. Ist V. p. t 
“Thos. W. Brown, G. Treas’r. 
“Henry P. Russell, G. Sec’y. 
« Wm. Burge, G. Chaplain. 


‘Hiram W. Foy, G. ‘Byler: 


Comp’s T Page Ricaud, Wm. Bagley, J. S. Pender, 
D. D. Phillips, and David Teller. 
The Grand Chapter opened in solemn form. . 
_ Prayer by Rev. Comp. Wm. Burge, Grand Chaplain. 
‘The M. E.G. H. P., appointed the following Committees : 
On Credentials.—Companions A. A. Brown, and J. H. Moore. 
On Unfinished Business.—Comp’s 1. Page Ricaud, W. Bagley. 
On motion of Comp. Martin, 
Resolved, That all Royal Arch Masons in good standing be admitted as visitors. 
The Committee on Credentials, prouen Comp. A. A. frown, 
made the following report : 


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The Committee on Credentials report the following Chapters dilly represented. ' 
Concord, No. 1, by T.cBuorr, dr. Proxy for HP, A A, Brown, Scribe. 
Concord, s* 5 c¢ JS. Pender Delegate. 

Temple, efte6 te TL’. W. Brown, Proxy. 
mudcureka, cathe 07 is Thos. P. Ricsad: Delegate. 
Warrenton,“ 9 “6 Rev. Wm. Burge, He iA G: Tones King, Ti, 

‘ Moore, Proxy for Seribe. 

Raleigh, “ 10, ff John R, Harrisonand Wm. J. Clarke, Delegates 
Lafayette, “ 11, ts D. D. Philips, Proxy. 


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Chorazin, ‘* 13, i E.. Myers, «“ 
Union, Gol Wig 4 L.R. Terie He Be 
we ystone) ‘619, i Wim. Bagley, Proxy. 

Salisbury, “ 20, &6 li. Myers, 6 


APA BROWNE RRNA x 
JAS. H. MOORE, ~ cole 


On motion of Comp. Martin, 


Resolved, That,the reading of the Minutes of the last Convocation be dispensed with. 
Each member being furnished with a copy. 


The Grand Chapter called off from labor to refreshment till 3 
o'clock, P. M. 


Monpay, June 7th, 3 o’clock, P. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 

PRESENT : 
Officers and members as this morning. 
Comp. C. D. Hill, Union Chapter, No. 17. 
Visitors: Comp’s J. J. McDugald, A. McRae, Jr. 
The Committee on Credentials, through Comp: A. A. Brown, 


made a further report: 


The Committee on Uredentials beg leave to report Me. the name be Companion 


C. D. Hill, Delegate as Proxy, for the King of Union Chapter, No. 17. 
A. A. BROWN, 


JAS. H. MOORE, } Com. | 

The M.E. GOH. P. appointed the following Committees : 

On Charters and Dispensations.—Comp’s A. Martin, C. D. ill, 
and J. R. Harrison. 

On Returns and Proceedings of Subordinate Chapters. Comp s 
T. Page Ricaud, A. G. Jones, mad Ey. Myers. 

On Foreign ‘Sitgad iter apes ~——Comp’s I’. Burr, Jr., J. H. Moore, 
Josiah S. Pender Wim. J. Clarke, and L. R. Loftin.. 

The M. E. G. H. P. submitted his Annual Report. 


In accordance with the provisions of our Constitution, we have assembled, Coupan- 
ions, in Grand Convocation, as representatives of the yarious interests of our. respective 
Chapters ; to pass regulations for the good of the whole, harmonize wherever t} here may be 
conflict of opinion, and by our actions, endeavor to diffuse the true principles” of. our Or- 
der throughout our jurisdiction. But, as we are taught on entering the portals of our 
mystic Temple, a belief ina Supreme Deity; that no one should engage in any great and 


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important undertaking without invoking His aid, let us with one voice, offer our supplica- 
tions tothe Supreme Grand High Priest, that by the inspiration of his wisdom we may the 
better be enabled to strengthen and support, beautify and adorn the Temple of Masonry. 

Acting, as we afe, in a legislative capacity, I deem it my duty to caution against un- 
due haste; to recommend due deliberation and a careful survey, in all its bearings, of 
every question submitted for your consideration, so that whatever position the Grand 
Chapter of North Carolina may assume, she may be sustained by reason and argument: 
In the proceedings of our sister Grand Chapters, much will be found to commend, some- 
thing, perhaps, to condemn; these things will doubtless be forcibly presented by the ap- 
propriate commitiee. ‘T’o these points 1 ask your careful attention, desiring that North 
Carolina may possess her proper influence in the constellation of Grand Chapters, always 
as ready to condemn error as to sustain truth. But I doubt not the Representatives here 
assembled, will yield to none, supremacy in their devotion to the true principles of Mason- 
sry, and their ardent desire to sustain the position and dignity of our Grand Chapter in 
promulgating that which 


“ T’rom its base, 
_Even from the turret’s trim to tallest spire, 
Is of choicest Masonry.” 


The long mooted question of the jurisdiction end position of the Royal and Select De- 
erees still agitates our sister Grand Chapters. ‘This Grand Chapter, anxious for the proper 
settlement, has labored to throw light upon the perplexing question, has proposed a mode 
of settlement; and has appealed tothe Parent Head of Royal Arch Masonry to claim or dis- 
claim them, but the General Grand Chapter has failed or feared to assume the power. 
And now we have the strange anomaly of Masons in different States, acknowledging the 
same power, looking to the same source for light, travelling different roads tothe “sum- 
mit and perfection of ancient Masonry.” 

The rapid increase of Masonry—Ancient Craft and Royal Arch—throaghout our land 
within a few years past, has and ought to bea source of gratulation to. every Mason. But 
in our prospevity,it would oftentimes be well to recollect, that the strength of Masonry is 
not in its numbers, but in the virtue and wisdom of its members. ‘To pause and ask, wheth- 
er many in the multitude who have knocked at our doors and been admitted within the 
vails have not been fully content, and deemed themselves experts in the mysteries of the 
craft, forgetting that Masonry is a science, requiring deep and severe study to be under- 
stood and appreciated, and that by their admission, they have but laid the foundation, 
upon which to build their fature moral and Masonic edifice. 

The age isa progressive one. The spirit of enterprize is awakened, and we fear the 
feelings of the man may rise superior tothe duties of the Mason. But, Masonry cannot 
progress, its laws, its principles, its traditions are unchangeable, immutable, and even in 
these times of improvement, the wisdom of its great founders cannot be equalled. 
Iti is our duty to guard it from innovation, to guard it faithfully from all influences, of 
whatever nature, calculated to detract from its usefulness or lower it from the high respect 
its dignity demands from the world. 

Already do we see an exile. received in our Lodges and told that we as Masons, burned 
with enthusiam, sympathized with him in his efforts to secure the freedom of his country, 
and solemnly avouching that that country “ought of right to be free.” Already are we 
told that we, as American, Masons, ‘‘feel that we are citizens of a glorious republic, whose 
‘‘ arms are destined to open a wider field, to exert a mighty influence in modifying other 
os ‘governments,” so “that national liberty will sooner or later be enjoyed by every civilized 


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people.” Companions, with these things Masonry has nothing to do. Hers is the more 
peaceful duty of ameliorating the condition of mankind, not by force of. arms, but by 
charity. Not that we would detract from the right of the individual Mason to think, feel 
and act as his pleastire may dictate on such subjects, but we deprecate their introduction into 
Lodges or their incorporation into Masonic Addresses. 

An evil now claiming the attention of Masons in other States, may with equal Prone: 
ty be applied toour own. TI allude to a certain degree of levity. prevailing to a greater or 
less extent during our ceremonies. Is there an intelligent Mason who can point to our 
ceremonies in Masonry without there finding food for solemn reflection? Is there in our 
ritual one sentence, but is. well calculated to excite the most solemn sentiments. in one of 
sufficient intelligence to understand its symbolic meaning? There is in every ceremony 
and in every word of Masonry, something intenced to convey some great and solemn truth. 
I invite your atiention to the remarks of the Deputy Grand High Priest of Georgia on this 
subject. He says, “ The levity too frequently displayed on occasions of the performance of 
the Masonic work of the Craft, should be effectually discountenanced and thoroughly reform- 
ed. He who sees in every expressive phrase of our sublime ritual, the peculiar symbolic 
teachings of the Order, bas his mind occupied with other and far different sensations; 
while to the initiate who fails to perceive, through the acted allegory, the great moral les- 
sons which lie beyond, his very thoughtlessness should display his unfitness for the posi- 
tion he occupies.” Companions, treasure these words. Take them home with you, and 
let your example teach their importance, thereby influencing the conduct of those you 
represent. 

There is another subject, Companions, to which I must advert. One to which too 
much indifference is generally manifested. I! allude to a regular attendance upon Chap- 
ter meetings. How often the case, that business of the utmost importance is compelled to 
lie over from time to time, on account of inattention to this imperative duty? And not 
unfrequently a worthy Brother, after knocking at our door, 1s kept without for months; 
because forsooth, the members ate indifferent to his claims, as well as the Chapter, whose 
interest they should protect and foster. It is not expected that a Mason will compromit 
the prior claim of his family or be inattentive to the demands of business, but that a 
proper regard will always be shown by him to every summons to attend his Chapter 
when he can conveniently do so. There is nosurer index of an unsound condition of 
a Chapter, than an indifference to this important duty, and certainly no surer means of 
extinguishing the vestal flame, which should ever be kept alive, as well in the hearts of 
its members, as upon its sacred altar. Punctuality in the duties of the compting house, 
is to the merchant a chief source of success. The Husbandmen must plant and culti- 
vate his grain in spring and summer, with due regularity if he hopes to reap an abundant 
harvest in autumn. And but ill success would attend the practice of the healing art, if 
indifference and irregularity marked the intercourse of the physician with a patient. 
And so in all the departments of business, regularity in attention to all its demands, is 
the only sure guarantee of ultimate success. With equal propriety may it be said, that 
without a proper attention to this essential duty by us as Masons, Masonry must languish 
and fail to maintain that high position, and social and moral influence to which it aspires 
and to which it is so peculiarly adapted. The important business that may come at eack 
meeting demands and should receive the interested attention of the members of every 
Chapter. How can the imposing ceremonies, and the language of Masonry so peculiarly 
beautiful, have their proper effect, while the officers and members are irregular i in their 
attendance, so indifferent, and what is worse, so often ignorant of their respective duties A 
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cause, will, without a remedy, prove a mildew blight, that will tafnish"the fair escutclieon 
of our Order, which has so long been preserved and handed down to us. And to it will 
the finger of scorn be pointed, and with more propriety than we can now foresee, will the 
question be asked in regard to it, ‘‘who will show us any good?” It is my opinion, and 
from the high positivn in which your unmeritedjconfidence has placed me, I give it utter- 
ance. It is better for Masonry that a Chapter should cease to exist, than be maintained in 
a sickly existence, by the cold indifference which I fear exists insome of our Subordinates. 
I know not that these words come with equal force and justice to all the Chapters in 
this jurisdiction. I hope they donot, But such as are amenable to them, JI conjure by 
the claims Masonry has upon them, and by their love for the Order, that they give more 
diligent heed to this important duty. 


Whatever analogy there may be in Masonry to revealedjreligion, necessarily exists from 
the nature of its doctrines and the purity of its precepts. Masonry claims but an humble 
station as a co-worker in inculcating the true principles of morality, acting as a powerful 
agent of virtue. Itis but a great social, moral compact, composed of men fraternizing 
and working together in disseminating brotherly love, relief and truth, and while acknowledg- 
ing the “Great Author” of all good, and having as their great light His Holy Word, can, 
and does boast of perfect freedom from sectarian influences. Arcund its mystic altar, are 
found men of all nations, kindred and tongue, united with one voice and heart in offering 
their devotion to the Great I Am—ever remembering a Brother’s welfare in their adora- 
tions. Masonry being thus universal, teaches us the universality of Charity—its ennobling 
virtue. To this the attention of Masons are particularly?directed—the cup.of cold water 
cheerfully given, the timely intimation of approaching danger, the gentle correction of 
etror, words kindly spoken—are in instances, more powerful, making a more deep and last- 
ing impression, proving far more effectual than the most lavish bestowal of gold and silver. 
But to advise\the erring and relieve the distressed are not the only attributes of Charity. 
It extends to all the walks of life, to matters beyond the grave, and the highest as well as 
the lowest are sometimes supplicants at her doors. I have said that Masonry was free from 
religious or sectarian taints, and it is because this ennobling virtue of our Order teach- 
es usto give due weight tothe opinion of our Brother, to expostulate with him if in 
etror, at the same time acknowledging his right and giving due credit for a conscientious 
discharge of duty. Hence, Masonry has for ages presented a platform upon which all 
could assemble, and in her ranks are ever to be found, bound by the silken cords of 
Charity, the christian of whatever denomination, believing that there is a sojourner 
travelling with him through time to eternity. «, The Israelite who perceives in the “signs, 
types and symbols” of our ceremonies, something to remind him of prophecies, to him yet 
unfulfilled—the devotees of Mahomet, believing that there is but one God and Mahomet is 
his prophet. The greatest beauty of Masonry is this universality. It has been handed down 
to us from generation to generation pure, beautiful, grand; pure in its teachings and _prin- 
ciples, beautiful i in its traditions and ceremonies, grand in its antiquity and universality. 
Let usendeavor™ ‘so to transmit it. Let us endeavor to guard it from being placed too high 
in the scale of religion on the one hand, too low in the scale of morality on the other, then 
will Peace always dwell. within our walle, and “the land marks which our fathers have 

set” comtinue to guide us in the paths of prosperity and happiness. But if, we, ; neglect 
allthose lessons which are taught i in our school of discipline—if we forget that by in- 
toleration or bigotry, we might offend a Brother. thereby destroying this universality, we 
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the devastation ef war, and triumphantly withstood the stineks of the ignorant and de- 
signing. 

Another great beauty of Masonry is its uniformity. To this Gunes our Grand Chap- 
ter has given due attention, and spared no efforts to secure it within our jurisdiction. But 
the multiplicity of Charts now extant, tend to defeat it: The General Grand Chapter 
having, at its last session, revised the mode of work, and my experience the past year in’ 
conferring degrees, Jeads me to suggest Moore’s new Masonic Trestle Board as more 
particularly applicable to that mode, and, though not formally authorized by the G. G. 
Chapter, yet has the sanction of its principal officers. I respectfully recommend, 
that our Subordinates be requested to use this work in the ceremonies ePpe taining) to 
Royal Arch Masonry. | 

A resolution introduced into, and passed by one of our Sabordinate Chapters, requiring 
the High Priest to use a certain Chart or text book has been reported to me, so near the 
time of your annual convocation, and in the absence of previous legislation, I have fail- 
ed to take any action in the premises. Acknowledging the High Priest, within his Chap- 
ter, as supreme, that it is his duty to read and expound the law, that ifhe errs he is only 
amenable to the Grand Body, 1 cannot but conclude any instructions from a Subordinate 
to its presiding officer, requiring him to use any particular work, or to pursue any particu- 
lar mode as out of place. Heissolemnly bound to fulfill faithfully the duties of his 
office, and should he depart from the well settled principles of Masonry, it is not only the 
province, but the solemn duty of the Companions to make due report te the Grand 
Chapter. 

I cannot congratulate you, Companions, upon any large increase of Subordinate Chap- 
ters during the past Masonic year. Cyrus Chapter, formeriy No. 9, has, “upon proper 
application, been revived as No.21. A dispensation has been granted by the Deputy 
Grand High Priest, whose report is in the hands of the Grand Secretary, the fees in both 
cases are in the Grand Treasury. If we have not materially added to the number of our 
Chapters, we can, from information received by me at various titnes, congratulate our- 
- selves upon the addition of good and true Companions, exalted by the Chapters now in 
existence. These will in time bring forth good fruit, and Royal Arch Masonry, now with 
us comparatively in its infancy, will assume the position of manhood. . 

Our M. E. Comp. Dr. W. G. Hill, having declined the office of Deputy Grand High 
Priest, 10 which he was elected at the last convocation, it became my duty to fill the va- 
cancy thus created, which was done by the appointment of Comp. Pride J ae of Hills- 
borough. 

The matters spate to Hiram Chapter, No. 10, Raleigh, and puede No, 2, Fayette- 
ville, having been referred to the Grand High Priest, I addressed a communication to the 
presiding officer of each Chapter, directing Hiram Chapter to tender the fees received 
{from the Companions exalted from within the jurisdiction of Phenix, and urging greater 
caution in future applications. Not having received a reply from the High Priest of - 
Phenix, No.2, I am to presume that no dissatisfaction now exists, if any ever existed. 

Two or three questions, affecting the government of Subordinate Chapters have been 
submitted to me during the recess, and I deem it to be my duty to lay them before you, 
that my decisions, if correct, may be confirmed, or if in error, amended. 

Ist. In the event of the vacating of ae High Priest by death, resignation o or r otherwise, 
how is the vacancy to be filled? ' 

The charge to the King and Scribe upon their installation, is sufficiently explicit. | ‘Iti is 
their duty, according to priority of office, to discharge the duties of H. P. in his. absence, ey 


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whether temporary or permanent. Butin the event of the death or resignation of the - 
King, he isnot succeeded by the Scribe by virtue of his office; and it is the duty of the 
presiding officer to appoint a King, pro tem. at every meeting. No vacancy ean be filled 
permanently, except at a regular election, held at the time prescribed by the By-Laws, 
Failing in this, the old officers, necessarily hold over untilthe next annual election, unless 
satisfactory reasotis require a dispensation granted for a special election. ; 

Next. Whether the amendment to a By-Law is in operation until approved by this 
Grand Body? 

*Tis trie, this Grand Chapter requires Chapters under dispensation to submit their By-— 
Laws for approval, but I do not conceive it is intended that every amendment should 
thereafter be submitted. It is not the duty, nor isitthe wish of this Grand Chapter to as- 
sume any of the prerovatives of her Subordinates, or to interfere with any By-Law or reso- 
lution that may be deemed by the Companions as better suited to their Chapter or locality. 
But there are laws, rules and general regulations, which are the peculiar care ef Grand 
Chapters, and a strict adherence to them is implicitly denianded. It is, however, advisa- 
ble, that a copy of the By-Laws should be placed in the archives of the Grand Chapter, 
thus enabling its officers during recess, to give a correct decision upon any point submitted, 


The Grand Chapter failed at its last session to make any appropriation for the atten- 
tion of our Grand Lecturer, and there heing no provision in the Constitution authorizing 
the Grand High Priest to issue a warrant uponthe Treasurer for this purpose, I have to 
recommend an appropriation for the necessary expenses of his attendance. His report/for 
the past year is with the Grand Secretary. 


Concord Chapter, 2 No. 5, Tarboro’, having prayed a dispensation to hold a special elec- 
tion of officers, and it being made to appear that the interest of Royal Arch Masonry and 
of this Chapter, would theréby be promoted, the dispensation has been granted. 


By resolution of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, and I believe of every Grand 
Lodge throughout the Union. the 4th November, next, is set apart to celebrate the cen- 
tennial anniversary of the initiation of our beloved Wasnineron. So deep are the vir- 
tues of that great and good man and Mason engraven upon the hearts of Masons through- 
out the world; so intimate the connexion existing between our most sublime degree and 
Ancient Craft Masonry, that I can have no hesitation in recommending that this Grand 
Body should take due notice thereof, and request her Subordinates to unite with their 
brethren in the due celebration of the day. 

I have now, Companions, returned an account of my stewardship during the year just 
closed, conscious of my inability and inexperience in the discharge of the great and res- 
ponsible duty you have too indulgently conferred upon me. However strong has been. my 
inclination to serve you, the ordinary avocations and cares of life have pressed, and continue 
q to press with more than usual severity, and I feel conscious of many omissions, and it is 
my ardent desire that you may float one, not more willing, but more able to discharge the 
duties of this high gee 


ea i *ROBT. G. RANKIN, G, H. ‘Pe 
Whereaiee cae TT Page Ricaud offered thes following resolu- 
tion, which was received and adopted. | | 


Resolved, That thet able Pitccs of the M. EF. G. H. Priest, be, ey sca published: 
with the regular proceedings of this convocation, and also, that it be referred to a special 
committee for the disposal of its several leit ' 





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Committee, Comp’s Ricaud, nl Burr, vd Fanning, Bagley, and 
Clarke. 2 ) | 


- 'The report of the D. G. H. P. was received and referred to nthe 
Committée on G. H. P. report. 


: To the M. E.. Robert G. Rankin; G. H. P. of the Most ees Tiont Grand 
Chapter of North Carolina : 


Circumstances rendering it impossible that I should have the pleasure of being present 
atthe next enstting convocation of the Grand Chapter, It becomes Ep ot to inform you 
of my doings for the last twelve months. 


Under your instructions, an aoe spriety in the wor! king of one of the adjacent Chapters 


has'been brought to the votiee of the High Priest,and I have reason for believing that it 
Willnot occur avain. 


t j } e = ~ « Y oiatnity 
Ihave granted 2 dispensation to J, A. Coldwell and others, of Lincolnton and, vicinity, 
+7 ny & , { ¢ es A a at fos 3 i > 
to open a Uhanter of R, A. Masons in that place to be called. “Lincolny’ No. —: The 
: i i 
fee has been remitied to you, and accompanying this you will find the petition. 


{have declined granting a dispensation to some Gotatiauioas of Alamance, on account 
of their petition not being properly recommenced. 
Respectfully submitted, 


PRIDE JONES, D. G. H. Ra 


The Report of the Grand Lecturer was received and ordered to 
be spread upon the minutes. | 


M. E. RobertG. Rankin, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of 
North Carolina : 

M. EK. Sin anp Companions: | 

Another year has passed away and the Grand Chapter is again serbeut to Bealatth at the 
beautiful Jittle city of Wilmington. How much I should like to meet my Companions: 
on Monday nextin G. C., but that pleasure is denied me; it is not inmy power to attend. 
I have not been enabled to do muéh for the good cause during the past year, hnving spent 
but a small portion of the year in Norti Carolina. Immediately after the close of the last 
Grand Chapter, f visited Hillsboro’, and set Lafayette Chapter to work, remained some 
time working with and instructing the officers and members—exalted ten, and left the 
Chapter in quite a flourishing condition. I was then called to Oxford Chapter, No. 8, 
where I remained some days giving instructions, done some work and left the High 
Priest qualified to give ali the degrees. Thence, I was called to Warrenton’ Chapter, No. 
9, where I remained about a week, assisted in doing some work and made some improve- 


_ ment in the qualifications of the Companions, whereby they could thereafter execute the 


work of the degrees with much propriety. ‘This comprises the whole of my gperationena 
the sublime degrees during the past year. | | 
Most apey and fraternally’ yours, u 
Oe pon EBay be STEVENSON, G. 1 
The sinter closed to meéet again at 10 1-2 o’clock, A. M, 
Morrow. 


HENRY P. RUSSELL, G Sey. 


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* ‘Turspay, June 8th; 10 1-2 o'clock, A. M. 
The Grand Chapter opened in solemn ean 
PRESENT: 
M. E., Robt. G. Rankin, 
I AA tale ° W. Fanning, 
«co te» Alfred Martin, 


Hep: 
el a He) ee 
. King, p. t. 


AWD 


nce med hillins: G. Scribe, p. t. 

tine LLY, Moore, G. Marshal. 

1S @Wm.- Bagley, GaSe pet 
uu. (VLyers, G. R.A. Capt. 

6 othe Gis: JONES, GM oda VEG pan 
de NE Cox, Ge M2 2d). Vo pt 
cote Paylor, GuoMe ist. V-ept 
“Henry P. Russell, G. Secretary. 

‘¢. Thos. W. Brown, G. Treasurer. 
“Wm. Buree, G. Chaplain. 


‘ Hiram W. Foy, Ge. Tyler: 
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS. 
Concord, No. 1, 'T. Butr,Jr., proxy for H. P., S. D.. Wallace, 
K., A. A: Brown, S. 
Concord, No. 5, Josiah S$. Pender, Delegate. 
#emple;...) No: 6, Thomas W. Brown, proxy. 
Eureka, No. 7, Thos. Page Ricaud, Delegate. 
Oxford, No. 8, R. P. Taylor, Proxy. 
Warrenton, No. 9, Wm. Burge, H. P., A. G. Jones, aT EL 
| irons proxy On si 
Raleigh, No. 10, Jno. R. Harrison, Wm. J. Clark, delegates. 
Lafayette, No. 11, D. D. Phillips, Proxy. 
Chorazin, No. 13, EB. Myers; Proxy. 
_ Cherokee, No. 14, J. M. Cox, H. P- 
Union, No. 17, J. R. Loftin, H. P. 
Keystone, -No. 19, Wm. Bagley, Proxy. 
Salisbury, No. 20, E. Myers, Proxy.: 
Visitors —Comp’s R. T. Heflin, Wm. Geo. ‘Thomas, 
Prayer by Rev. Comp. Wim. Bae G. Chaplain. 
The Committee on Credentials, through Comp. A. A. Brown, 
made a further a ll | 


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The Committee on Credentials beg leave to report, in addition, the names of Comp 
R.P. Taylor, delegate by proxy for the H. P. of Oxford Chapter, No. 8; Comp. J. M. 
Cox, H. P.of Uherokee Chapter, No. 14, and Comp. S. D. Wallace, King of Concord * 


Chapter, No. 1. 
i A. BROWN, 7 Cory, 
J. H. MOORE, : 
The Committee on Unfinished Business, through*Comp. T. Page 


| Ricaud, made the following report, which was received and adopted. 


The committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to report, That the subject of a 
“‘Represen tative Fund,” which was !eft for “future action,” is the only unfinished busi- 
ness of the last onvocation, In view‘of the importance of this subject, they would 
Suggest the propriety of referring it to a special committee, whose duty it shall be to re- 
port at the next Vonvocation of this Grand Chapter. 


As PAGE RICAUD, ‘Ch’n. 
The committee on G. H. P. and D. G. H. P. reports, made the fol- 


lowing report through Comp, T’. Page Ricaud, which was received 
and adopted. J 


The Special Committee to whom was referred the Address of the M. E. G. H. Priest 


for disposal of its various subjects, have performed that duty, and respectfully suggest the 
following disposition thereof. 


Ist. So much as relates to the Royal and Select Degrees, to the irregularity of conduct, 
and to infringements of Jurisdiction; to the committee on Foreign Correspondence. 
2d. So muchas relates to a remissness of duty on the *part of members of Chapters; to 


uniformity of work, to ‘ext Book, and the duties and prerogatives of Presi ding Officers, 
toa Special, committee. 


3d. So much as relates to questions on the government cf Se vardindte Chapters, and 
appropriation for Grand Lecturer, and the proposed Centennial celebration of Washing- 
ton’s Initiation into our Order,to a Special committee. 
4th. They also recommend that the report of the Deputy Grand Pick Priest, be referr- 
ed to the committee on Charters and ree 
. PAGE RICAUD, Ch n. 


The Grand High Priest appointed as Baek S on Remissness of 
Duty, &c., Comp’s Clarke, Bagley and Cox. 


On the Government of Suberdinates, &c., CoP Myers, Harri- 
son and Moore. 


Comp. J. H. Moore offered the following resolution : 


Resolved, That this Grand Chapter give the sum of $25 annually, for five. years, for 
the purpose of assisting to build St. John’s College, located at Oxford, N.C. 


Comp. A. A. Brown offered the following substitute: 
_ That $100 be appropriated by this Grand Chapter to St. John’s College. 
On motion of Comp. T. Page Ricaud, the subject was postponed 
_ull afternoon session. 


Grand Chapter called off from labor to reeeenme till 3 1-2 
o'clock, A. M. 





TUESDAY, Tune Sth, 3 1-2 ANDI P. M 

Grand. eee resumed labor. i bh: El te nt, 
PRESENT: | ntpie ie ae 

"Oficers an mnembers as this morning ‘he ys Ri gil 








erm ee 


os 


eR ge eca 


Pa 
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* 
‘Visitors—Comp’s .W. E. Freeman, D. Teller and J. Lyons. 
The Proceedings of a Convention of “High Priests” was handed ~ 


in, and on motion of Comp. A. Martin, they were ordered to be 
Spread upon the minutes. 


Comp. Moore’s resolution, with Comp. Brown’s substitute, rela- 


dive to St. John’s College, was again taken up. When Comp. T. 


Page Ricaud offered the following resolution, which was adopted. 
Resolved, That the subject of am appropriation for the erection of the Masonic College, 


day over until our next Annual Convocation. 


On motion of Comp. L. R. Loftin, 


Resolved, That the Grand Chapter proceed to elect its officers for the cpeune year, to- 


morrow morning, at 9 o’clock. 


The Grand Chapter called off from labor to Penechmene till to- 


morrow morning, 9 o’clock. 


HENRY P. RUSSELL, G. Nec’y. 





Wepnespay, Jure 9th,9 o’clock, A. M. 
“The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
PRESENT ° 


M. E., Robt. G. Rankin, HeaPi 
eee PW. Fanning, G. H.P. 
#4. Alfred Martin, Kap. t 
come De ins, oSe pt: 
6. H. Moore, Marshal. 
cco Pe Fay lor BasSepet. 


4c. Myers, 

4¢ A. G:; Jones, 
« B. Bowden, 
sf W. J.-Clarke, 


.R. A. Capt. 

. M.3d.V. p.t. 
eM 2deViepet 
M. Ist V. p. f. 


ORG EGE ea SE eae 


corti PoRussell, , Secretary. 
“Thos. W* Brown; . Treasurer. 
‘SooWins Burge; . Chaplain. 


‘4 Hiram W. Toy, \ Ge Tyler. 
M. E., ny McRae, Sr., and Isaac Northrop, P. D. G. H. Priests. 
Visitors—Comp’s W, W. Harriss, J. E. Metts, and Wm. George 
“Thomas. oa, 


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REPRESENTATIVES OF SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS. 
Concord, No. 1, T. Burr, Jr., proxy for H. P., S. D. Mpallace, K., 
A. A. Brown, S.. | | 
Mt. Ararat, No. 38, Henry P. Russell, proxy for H. P., K, and S. 
Concord, No. 5, J. S. Pender, Delegate. 
Temple, No.) 6,: 2. W..sbro Wn, deroxy,. 
Eureka, No. 7, T. Page Ricaud, Delegate. 
Oxford, , No. 8, °R.0P..VPaylor, Proxy.s 
Warrenton, No. 9, W. Burge, H. P., A. G. Jones, K., O vigils RiGore, 
: Proxy for S. 
Raleigh, No. 10, Jno. R. Harrison and W. J. Clark, Delegates. 
Lafayette, No. 11, D. D. Phillips, Proxy. 
Chorazin, No. 13, &. Myers, Proxy. 
Cherokee,* \No: 4; J. M: Cox. He P 
Union, No. 17, L. R. Loftin, H. P. 
Keystone, No. 19, Wm. Bagley, Proxy. 
Salisbury, No. 20, E. Myers, Proxy. 
Prayer by Rev. Comp. Wm. Burge, G. Chaplain. 
The committee on portions of G. H. P. address, through Comp. 
Clarke, made the following report, which was received and adopted. 


To the M. E. Grand Chapter of North Carolina : 

The Special Committee to whom were referred so much of the address of the M. E. 
G.H. P., as relates to “Remissness of duty, on the part of members of Subordinate Chap- 
ters, uniformity of work, Text book, and the duties and prerogatives of Presiding Off- 
cers,” having attentively considered the several matters to them referred, respecttully 
report: , | 

That it is indispensably necessary, that the members of Subordinate Chapters should, 
at all times, when practicable, promptly attend the meetings, that they should give all 
diligence to render themselves perfect in the work, and that all things should be done 
“decently and in order,’—that this Grand Chapter having heretofore appointed a Grand 
Lecturer, they ear nestly recommend that his instructions be strictly followed, in order to 
insure perfect uniformity of work. 

They heartily concur in the recommendation of the M. E.G. H. P. he ae Moore’s 
new Masonic Trestle board, as a suitable and convenient Text-book, 

As to the Duties and Prerogatives of Presiding Officers, it is undoubtedly their duty to 
govern their Chapters, to read and expound the law and give good and wholesome in- 
structions, and in so doing they should exemplify the law of kindness. It is their duty 
aud privilege, to exclude all improper and irrelevant matters from their Chapters, to see 
that the ancient land marks are observed, and to guard against innovations and abuses ; 
and for the manner in which they discharge these duties, and exercise the prerogatives 
appertaining to their offices, they are responsible and Dee tothe M. E. Grand ‘High 


Priest and Grand Chapter, alone. 
Alt of which is respectfully submitted. 


WM. J. CLARKE, Ch’n.. 


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The committee on Finance made the following report, which was 


received and adopted. 
The committee of finonce have examined the Books of the Grand Secretary and Trea- 
surer, and find them correct and in proper form, agreeably to the annexed statement, 











Balance in Grand Treasurer’s hands last year, - - - $197 05 
Receipts for the present year are as follows, viz: pt 
Instalment on J. Banks’ note. - - - - - 100 00 
One Dispensation, - - > - - - - 90 00 
Dues of Subordinate Chapters, - - - - - 240 00 
Interest on Notes, $600, - - - ool - 36 00 
Amounting to the sum of : - “ - - $663 05 
Cr. Disbursements, or proper vouchers, —- EN - - 297 52 
_ Leaving cash balance in ‘Treasury of - - = $364 03 
Besides which, there are two Notes of hand on interest—one for $400, 
and one for $200—in all, - - - “ E : 600 00 
Nett assetts, - - > - - <% - = $964 03 


Respectfully submitted, 
A. MARTIN, ( pepe 
sania eae aa a 


The following Chapters have paid dues for 1852, which amounts are included in the 
above statement: Chorazin Chapter, No, 13; Temple, No. 6; Warrenton, No. 6; Key 
Stone, No. 19; Eureka, No. 7; Raleigh, No. 10; Union, No. 17; Roanoke, No. 4; Salisbur 


ry, No. 20; Cyrus; No. 21; Lafayette, No. 11; Concord, Nov Ls Conon: No. 12 POM ford, 
No. 8; Dramas. No. 14. 


The au De Chapters are in arrears: Ph@nix, No. 2; Mt. Ararat, No. 
No. 18. 


2; Gaston, 
\ W. FANNING a 
A. MARTIN, ans 
THOS. W. BROWN, om/’tee. 


The committee on Charters and Dispensations, through Comp. 


Martin, made the followimg report, which was received and adopted. 


Your Committee, to whom was referred the report of the Deputy Grand fligh Priest, 
have had the same under consideration. ‘The oniy thing requiring the action of this G. 
Chapter, is the Dispensation to Lincolnton Chapter; that Chapter having petitioned this 
Grand Chapter for a Charter; but having omitted to furnish a copy of their By-Laws, 
your committee recommend that their petition be referred to the M. E. G. H. P., who 
shall be authorized, upon receipt of their By-Laws, if approved, to issue a Charter to said 
eaece under the title of Lincolnton Chapter, No. 22, 


Respectfully submitted, 
A. MARTIN, 
JOHN R. HARRISON, 
. C. D. HILL. 
~ Thecommittee on Credentials made a further report, which was 
recelved and adopted. 
The committee on Credentials beg Jeave to report, in addition to former reports, that 


Comp. Henry P. Russell has been ‘duly constituted proxy, _ Jointly, of the High Priest, 
King, and peeps of Mt. Ararat Chapter, No. 3. 


. BROWN, 2 « 
11, MOORE, Sip 
The Grand Chapter proceeded to the election of Officer 


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The G. H. P. appointed Comp’s Moore and GET as Tellers to 
superintend the election, which resulted as follows: 

Robert G. Rankin, Wilmington, ask al be P. 

fizekiel Myers, Salisbury, D. G. H. P. 

William Burge, Warrenton, G. King, 

Wm. Geo. Thomas, Tarboro’, — G. Scribe. | 

Thos. W. Brown, ‘Wilmington, G. Treas’r. 

HlevnyeR.. Russell as Gomecty* 

ay ME Cox, Hertford, G. Marshal. 


On motion of Comp. Fanning, 
Resolved, That the Installation of Officers take place at 8 o’clock this evening. 
The committee on portions of H. P. address, through Comp. 


Myers, reported as follows, which was received and adopted. © 


The committee to whom was referred that portion of the M. E, G. High Priest’s ad- 
dress relating to “questions on the government of Subordinate Chapters,” ‘A ppropria- 

tion for the expenses of the Grand Lecturer,” and the proposed “Centennial celebration of 
Washiugton’s Enitiation into our Order,” beg Jeave to make the following report: 

With regard to the secession in office, in case of vacancy in a Subordinate Chapter, — 
we concur in the views laid down by the M. E. Grand High Priest, in his address, and 
recommend tie observance uf the same in the contingency alluded to. * 

We also concur with the M. E. Grand High Priest inshis views concerning the opera- 
tion of amendments to the By-Laws of a Subordinate Chapter, and have nothing to add 
on this point. : 

We would recommend that $36 be allowed the Grand Lecturer for his attendance at 
the last annual convocation of this Grand Body. 

That portion of the M. E. Grand High Priest’s address, referring to the proposed Cen- 
tennial celebration of Washington’s Initiation into our Order, meets our hearty approbation 
and we take great pleasure in recommending tho observance of the same to all Subordi- 
nate Chapters under the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter. : 

Your committee desired to give some expression of their views and feelings in regard to 
this subject. But being conscious of its surpassing magnitude, considering the character 
of the illustrious Brother—one whose military fame and patriotism—political honesty and — 


integrity—high social and moral virtues, have become the common property of the, com-. 


bined world, and the admiration of all who love virtue and goodness; they ‘feel inade- 
quate to the task and submit the subject with the above recommendation... 


E. MYERS, a 
J. H. MOORE, -~Com. 
JPR HARRISON, 


Comp. L. R. Loftin asked and obtained leave of absence and ap- 


pointed Comp. P. W. Fanning his proxy. : 
During the Convocation, the following High Priests were cu " 


installed : 
M. E., J. W. Cox, of Cherokee Chapter, No. 14, 


come ce” VIP on der,» es Concord: co Te ee 
Grand Chapter called off from labor to refreshment ill 5 I. 2 
o'clock, P.M. | gr) 


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Wepnespay, June 9th, 2 1-2 o’clock, P.. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
PRESENT : 
Officers and members as this morning. 
M. E., Isaac Northrop,.P. D. G. H. P. 
Visitors—Comp’s . J. Lutterloh, J. Lyon, J.H. Lane, M.. Mc- 
Innis, D. Teller, and W. EK. Freeman. 
The committee on Returns and Proceedings, through Comp. T. 
Page Ricaud, reported as follows: : 


The committee on Returns beg leave to report that they have examined the several re- 
turns of the following Subordinate Chapters, and find them correct: 


. ’ Exalted. Dead, 
Concord, No.1, 5 
Mt. Ararat, ri ta 7 
Roanoke, sen. 4 1 
Concord, seni 5, 5 I 
Temple, $6, 15 
Eureka, fay RE 5 
Oxford, ie 8, 5 
Warrenton, Chi dea 4. 1 
Raleigh, “ 10, 3 1 
Lafayette, So Ki 
Conaho, “12, 6 
Cherokee, “ 14, 15 I 
Union, , ie Ege ieee 
Keystone, SC aE OB : 1 
Salisbury, « 20, 18 
Total, 102 4 


The following Chapters have made no returns, viz: Phoenix Chapter, No. 2, Fayette- 
ville ; Chorazin Chapter, No. 13, Greensboro’; Gaston Chapter, No. 18, Roxboro’. 

Your committee regret the existence of any cause requiring censure, but they cannot 
pass by unnoticed, the palpable remissness of Phenix Chapter, No. 2, having failed to make 
returns or being represented since their re-organization. A neglect of duty, which we 
think calls loudly for decided action by this Grand Chapter. 

We have evidence to believe that Chorazin Chapter, No. 13, designed sending her-re- 
turns to the present convocation, but, doubtless, for satisfactory reasons have failed to do so. 

By reference to the proceedings of last convocation, we find that Gaston Chapter was 
duly represented, from which we infer that their failing to be represented at this convoca- 


tion was unavoidable. 
T. PAGE RICAUD, Ch’n. 


Comp, Moore offered the following resolution, which was unani- 
mously adopted. 


Resolved, That Phenix Chapter, No. 2, be required to appear, by her Representatives, 
at the next convocation of the Grand Chapter, and show cause why her Charter should not 
be taken away, otherwise the sanie shall be declared forfeited in accordance with the 
bebe ; and that the Grand Sec’y forward to Phoenix Chapter a copy of this reso- 
ution. 


Comp. Burr, from the committee on Foreign Correspondence, made 
the following report : } 





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To tur Granp Rovat Ancu Cuapter or Nortn Caronina: 

The committee on Communications, or on the state of Royal Arch Masonry, have ex- 
amined the proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapters‘of Maine, Vermont, New York, 
(adjourned meeting, April, 1850, and annual do. Nov. 1850-’51,) Virginia, Georgia, Flo- 
ridd, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and an 
addiess delivered in Louisville on the occasion of laying the corner stone of the new Ma- 
sonic Hallin that city: 

The Grand Chapters of South Carolina, Missouri, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, 

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Alabama, and ‘Tennessee, have failed to favor this 
Grand Chapter with a copy of their proceedings, or else they have been misdirected or 
lost. We regret the omission as we are thus deprived of the benefit of their teachings, 
and are left in comparative doubt with regard to the situation of Royal Arch Masonry.in 
those jurisdictions. And here it may not be inappropriate for your committee to urge up- 
-on the attention of this Grand Body, and of her sister sovereignties, the necessity of a 
rigid compliance with the rule dictated alike by courtesy and policy, of regularly and 
punctually forwarding to all the Grand Chapters, copies of their printed proceedings. 
Your committee notice the want of this regular interchange, and while they ascribe omis- 
sions entirely to accident, they trust that more certainty will be evinced hereafter. North 
Carolina, perhaps, is as justly blameable in this regard as any other jurisdiction, and your 
committee certainly have no desire to shield her, while reflecting ina friendly way upon 
other Grand Bodies. With a view to accomplish the object designed, the Committee 
would recommend that the Grand Secretary forward two copies of our yearly proceedings 
at different periods, to each Grand Chapter in the United States. And a table showing 
the name and address of the Grand Secretaries, as far as we could ascertain, has been 
prepared. , , | 

Your committee will now proceed, as concisely as possible, to give an abstract of such 
portions of the proceedings of the different Grand Chapters as may be deemed advisable. 

The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Marnu are interesting, altho? we do not dis- 

cover the usual annual report of the Grand High Priest. A code of By-Laws was 
adopted. 

An invitation from the authorities of Portland to participate with them in the celebra- 
tion of the national anniversary, was tendered to the Grand Chapter, and placed on file. 
We find no subsequent action upon the subject, and conclude, therefore, that the Grand 
Chapter did not participate on the occasion alluded to ; which, considered as a general 
rule, in the view of your committee, was a proper proceeding. Frequent unnecessary pa- 
ades and processions in regalia add nothing to the strength or popularity of an Order like 

ours, based as it is on principles, changeless as time, and teachings of more value than 
empty displays. 1f our works—if the beautiful tenets of our profession, if the fair pro- 
portions of the noble edifice we inhabit cannot attract around our altars, and in our sacred 
precincts the good and virtuous, in vain must we seek to allure them by the eutward sem- 
blances of parade. We donot wish to dazzle members into companionship with us; we 
desire the participation in our labors of upright men, but we wish them to come with 
higher considerations than those possibly suggested by the imposing character of a proces- 
sion. In the opinion of your committee, the different branches of the Institution should 
engage in public exercises only in the performance of wadoubted legitimate business, — 

We notice that the sum of $20 was paid the chairman of the committee of Foreign 
Correspondence for his services; whieh seems to us pails We notice a ssipibiad procecd- 
ingin Vermont. 


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There are seven Chapters at work in the jurisdiction of Vermonv. The report of the 
committee on Foreign Correspondence ts a very able and well prepared paper, and alludes 


to this Grand Chapter and its proceedings in terms of praise. 

On the subject of the Royal and Seleet Degrees, it holds the following language: 

«The report of the special committee of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, on this 
subject, is one of the most sensible documents about it we have ever met with. With 
great modesty and deference to the opinions of others, it gives the result of such investi- 
gations as the committee had found it within its power to make. We think the committee 
compassed every important thing relative to it, which is reliable in the present state of Ma- 


sonic information, in this country. 

“Tf the Supreme Council of the 33d have thought, once or twice, that these degrees 
might fairly belong to their control, that claim has been clearly abandoned. If some State 
Grand Chapters have seen fit to arrange them in order, afier the Royal Arch degree, it 
by no means follows that the committee of North Carolina erred in placing them before it. 
We believe the committee were tight, and that enlightened Masonic investigation will 


eventually prove them to be so, 
« The committee of foreign SaaS of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina 


say, that the General Grand Chapter should “claim or prohibit these degrees, and Jet them 
be no longer a matter of local regulation.” But that body neither “claims nor prohibits” 

them. Why then not leave them to their own regulation through State Grand ®ouncils? 
If the General Grand Chapter itself now shrinks from usurpation, as to them, what fair 
apology is there for its subordinates assuming a power which their superior body hesitates 


to assert ? 
« Whenever the Jocal councils and the State Grand Councils shall calepeenty concede 


the jurisdiction of these degrees, to the General Grand Chapter, and that body, by a com- 
mon understanding, express its willingness to adopt the conceded power, all doubt as to 
an appropriate head for these degrees, i in this country, will cease. Never, until ae in 
our opinion, will the great variety of Masonic opinions about them be concentrated to any 
useful purpose. Treat the degrees as independent, and the, jurisdiction over them asa 
sheer matter of policy, and we are confident many years would not pass pairs. hey, would 
be placed under our acknowledged head, to the content and satisfaction of all parties, and 
for the general interests of the fraternity at large.” 

This is high praise from an intelligent source. While on the subject of these Degrees, 
your committee would simply remark, that a vast deal more has been said upon it than 
the importance of the theme would justify. Numberless reports continue to be written, 
of all grades of ability and shadesof opinion. Some earnestly demand a settlement of 
the “vexed question” by the G. G. Chapter,—some insist that they shall be yielded up to 
the Grand Councils,—while others maintain that they are the property of the Chapters. 
In the meantime, in some of the States they are not conferred at all; in others, before the 
Royal Arch; and in a number, efter that degree, thus presenting a confusion, which, while 
it does not deteriorate from the beauty of the degrees, affurds ample scope for the prepara- 
tion of long and learfed reports for the consideration of the different Grand Chapters. 
Were the G. G. Chapter to settle the location and jurisdiction of these degrees, it is doubt- 
ful but that the same state of disagreement would continue. ‘The Chapters would hardly 
yield to the Councils, and obtain a favor, which, from the nature of the degrees themselves, 
and long and uninterrupted use, have been considered and maintained as a right. The 
Councils would not recognize the claim of the Chapters,and thus we should be at sea 
again. | Perhaps the better course would be to let the matter rest, until time or an amica- 
ble arrangement between the contending powers shall finally settle their jurisdiction and 
locality, The ce G. Chapter cannot do this, and therefore preperly waived the subject at 
its last session. Your committee are decidedly of opinion, that the continued discussion 
of this much mooted point should cease, believing that it can be productive of no good, 
while it has a tendency 1 to aggravate and postpone settlement. Let the subject remain 
quietly as it is; for as in the appropriation of these degrees all parties have acted in good 

















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faith, and with reference to the prosperity of the Order, mere technicalities, and immateri- 
al differences should be made to yield to the superior merit of the peace and, happiness of 
the Institution itself. 


Alluding to the General Grand Chapter, the same committee remark : 


«The committee of foreign correspondence of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina 
have made some very dignified and candid remarks as to the wisdom of preserving the 
General Grand Chapter with its present form and constitution, the force of which justifies 
us in asking for them the serious consideration of this grand body. Your committee be- 
lieve that some of the reasons bearing against the General Grand Chapter, given by the 
North Carolina committee, may be fairly met and answered, but that there are others 
which it will be found difficult to answer truthfully and satisfactorily at the present time. 
Strong efforts are wanting on the part of the representatives of State Grand bodies to 
modify or remove existing evils in the constitution and legislation of the General Grand 
Chapter, and such efforts will have to be made before that tody will become what it was 
designed to be, and what it ought to be. Did North Carolina quite do her share to effect 
any thing towards this, last September? Not one of her regular officers was in that body. 


_Companion Stevenson, of Virginia, who bore the proxy of her G. H. Priest, was indeed 


among our most influential and respected members ;—but was it quite right, with the heads 
and the pens which the proceedings of the G.C. of North Carolina disclose, to send a 
proxy fr®@n another State, to represent her in the General Grand Chapter, although that 
proxy be among the most taleated and estimable of men?” 

We think we can promise that this jurisdiction will be represented in person at the next — 
communication of the G. G. Chapter. While on this subject it may not be inappropriate 
to observe that the views of your committee coincide with those heretofore expressed by 
this body, as to the powers and defects of the supreme Head in R. A. Masonry. We are 
willing that this high authority shall exist; convinced that its power to inflict mischief or 
do much good is rather questionable. It meets once in three years, passes a few harmless 
decrees; waives mooted points; talks very properly upon the necessity of a uniformity in 
the work, which every member well knows, borders or the impossible; passes the time ve- 
ry agreeably in the exercise of those social feelings,so pleasant in the interchange and in 
ihe remembrance, andafter spending two or three days in this delightful manner the mem- 
bers hurry to their business and their homes, and all is quiet again. Who objects to this ? 
We do not, and so far from using terms of reproach, asin the case of our warm hearted 
brothers of, Florida, we are rather pleased than otherwise, at the generally innocent nature 
of the pro@medings. ‘The members of the G. G. Chapter do not pass many decrees, for 
they have not the power to compel obedience; they do not settle disputed questions for the 
reason that it would be no settlement at all. Hence good judgment, we think, is mauni- 
festedin the paucity of the work accomplished, and a commendable industry in the rapid 
transaction of the business. Were they to sit a month they could dg no more. 

It is apparent from these remarks that in the opinion of your committee, the General 
Giand Chapter is an inefficient, sometimes useful, and generally harmless Masonic struc- 
ture. Were it a new thing, and at this time sought to be established in the United States, 
we should oppose it. Asit is, however, we are willing to uphold it, and stand prepared to 
advocate those needful reforms and changes in its constitution and legislation which seem 
imperatively demanded by the history of the past. ee ee re 

As germain to this subject, we will allude to the resolution intreduced at the last session 
of the G. G. Chapter, “to enquire into the propriety and expediency of abolishing said 
Grand Chapter and al] other general bodies in the United States;” for the purpose, it is 
said, of establishing in their place a General Convocation of Masonic Delegates, repre- 
senting all State Grand bodies, to meet annually or triennially, at some central location, 
for the purpose of exercising a general legislative jurisdiction over all Masonic bodies in 


_ the United States.” We presume there is no probability of the passage of the resolution, 


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and merely allude to it in this place to express our disapproval. In all measures having a - 
tendency to increase the usefulness and high repute of the General Grand Chapter to 
which we owe allegiance,—in every needful reform whether in the abridgement of doubt- 
ful rights, or the additional grant of necessary power,—in fine, in all attempts to build up 
and adorn our noble Institution, we shall be found willing advocates. But to tear down 
and demolish, to uvturn the fabric, which, defective though it may be,shelters and protects 
us, is a species of vandalism we cannot engage in. We are unwilling, in search of a 
doubtful good, to experiment upon the established order of things. The abolishment of 
the General Grand Chapter would be alike a stigma upon the craft, an acknowledgement 
of failure, and a launching out upona sea of conflicting opinions and dangerous contingen- 
cies ending no 6pe knows where. Suppose a General Convocation of Masonic Delegates 
should be established, what would it accomplish? Could it perform the duties of govern- 
ment, with more ability er satisfaction to Subordinate authorities than the G. G. Chapter? 
Could it regulate the work sooner, decide mooted points more understandingly, compel 
obedience to its decrees more generally? Certainly not. It would be a larger body em- 
bracing a greater contrariety of opinion, and wider scope for dissensions. It would have 
the same purposes to accomplish as the Institution it had displaced, and with like powers. 
‘Remove not the landmarks which thy fathers have set.’ Introduce necessary reforms in- 
‘to the constitution and legislation of the present parent head of Royal Arch Masonry, per- 
-fect the structure now existing, and it will discharge the functions pertaining to its estab- 
lishment far better than a general assembly, irresponsible, and equally liable to error, The 
General Grand Chapter is imperfect it is true, but so are all human institutions, 

What are Constitutional Masonic Degrees? This question has been discussed and the 
decision of the G. G. Chapter sought thereon, but the subject at the last session was in- 
definitely postponed. Section 9, article 1, of the constitution, declares that «* No Royal 
Arch Mason, within the jurisdiction of the General Grand Chapter, shall be permitted to 
confer any degree in Masonry, not recognized as a constitutional degree; nor to establish 
any society of Masons not recognized as a constitutional body; and the first four officers 
of the General Grand Chapter, or any three of them, shall in all cases have authority to 
decide all constitutional questions under this section.” These degrees have never been 
defined, and to settle the inatter the following resolution was introduced, and indefinitely 
postponed as before remarked: 


“© Resolved, ‘That in the opinion of this General Grand Chapter, those are Constitution- 
al Masonic degrees only which are conferred in regular Blue Lodges, Roval Arch Chap- 
ters, Encampments of Knights Templars, and the appendant Orders, Councils of Royal 


and Select Masters and Supreme Councils of the ‘Ancient and Accepted Rite,’ and their 
inferior jurisdictions.’ 


Your committee, without entering into an argument upon the subject, are satisfied that 
the section alluded to is a good one, and should be permitted to remain in the G. G. Con- 
stitution. ‘They are also of opinion that the G. G. Chapter acted wisely in declining to 
define the Degrees ; and especially in postponing the resolution offered by Comp. Lewis. 
The passage ef that resolution would have been a departure by the G. G. Chapter from 
the sphere of its legitimate duties. What right has the G.G. Chapter to declare that the 
Encampment Degrees, and those of the Supreme Councils of the “Ancient and Accepted 
Rite” are or are not constitutional Degrees? What knowledge as a Grand Chapter has 
it of these Degreas? It has no jurisdiction over them. and presumptively is ignorant of 
all save their AES He It seems to us, therefore, that it would have been a usurpation on 
the part of the G. G. Chapter to have passed the resolution alluded to. The Charters and 

- Dispensations of Subordinate Lodges and Chapters are sufficiently explicit upon thig 
point; the Degrees authorized to be conferred in each branch are therein specified, and we 











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presume those at least are constitutional. Whether the Royal and Select Degrees ar: 
likewise constitutional, is a question for the different Jurisdictions. We assume that they 
are, and without being aware of the practice elsewhere, it has been the custom in this 
State to include them in the Charters granted to Subordinate Chapters. This has been 

done in the absence of any superior authority universally recognized as their legitimate 
proprietors. ‘These Degrees are in the nature of waifs, and it fas been the desire of this 

Jurisdiction to give them ‘‘a local habitation and a name.” It seems to your committee, 
onthe whole, that policy and a due regard to all the interests of the I’raternity, suggest 
that the sectien alluded to should not only be retained, but that the matter should rest as 
at present—especially if in defining these Degrees the G. G. Chapter should wander out 
of its appropriate jurisdiction. 

In much of the reasoning of the committee on Foreign Correspondence (whose report 
we are now considering,) relative to the point, whether on a mere question of order, an ap- 
peal can of right be taken from the decision of the presiding officer, in any Royal Arch 
Chapter, to the body over which he presides, we concur. We are not aware of the exist- 
ence of any law prior to the decision of the question at the last session of the G. G 
Chapter, denying the right of appeal, but we know that the practice favors the assump- 
tion. The power of a Master of a Lodge, and a High Priest of a Chapter in the decision 
of matters regulating the work and legislation of the craft, has always been deemed final. 
An appeal lies to the Grand Lodge or Grand Chapter as the case may be, but not to the 
Subordinate. The reason of the rule, so far as it applies ta mere points of order, uncon- 
nected with the lectures and work of the Institution, we confess we cannot comprehend. 
A change in this regard, if not inconsistent with general law or ‘immemorial usage,’ 
would redound to the advantage of the craft. The Vermont committee argue, that if 
there is good sense in the rule which allows any member of a free deliberative body, dis- 
satisfied with the decision of the presiding officer an appeal to the meeting, there is equal- 
ly good sense in it when applied to free Masonry. In the opinion of your committee the 
term Free Masonry has not, nor never had, any reference to political freedom, but to 
the fact of a man being “free born ;” and by analogy Masons are said to be free from the 
ordinary vices of mankind, and especially from the prejudices and restraints of political 
parties and sectarian influences, ‘The argument therefore, that a latitude of freedom in 
business and legislation attaches to the Institution from the nature of its title, we hold to 
be fallacious. Masonry is not a political Order, although some of the rules for the govern- 
ment of deliberative bodies might with safety be introduced, After all, the chief concern 
should be the selection of the presiding officers. These should be not only skilful crafts- 
men learned in the work, but acquainted with the forms likewise for the proper trans- 
action of business. An oppressive, ill-judging, dogimatical spirit is entirely inconsistent 
with the practice and teachings of Masonry, and no High Priest or Master should ever 
be elocted who would so offend against the tenets of the Institution, If the proper offi- 
cers are elected, the workings wi!l be harmonious. 

The question whether any of the Chapter Degrees may be conferred on persons maimed 
or otherwise imperfect in body, has for a long time created discussion. It was. brought up 
in the G. G, Chapter at its last session, and a committee appointed to report at the next 
triennial communication. In Vermont it was referred to a committee which reported that 
it is not in accordance with Masonic law to confer them as above, but the matter was laid 
over. Itis a subject which allows a wide range for debate, and forcible arguments on 
each side, and your committee would be pleased to enter upon its discussion, but this re- 


port is already growing long. Inthe examination which they have given it, however, con-- 


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to the opinion that these Degrees cannot be conferred except upon persons not deformed > 
or dismembered. The ancient regulation is as follows, “No master should take an aps 
prentice (that is, should initiate a candidate,) unless he has sufficient employment for him, 
and unless he be a perfect youth, having no maim or defect in his body, ‘that may render 
him incapable of Jearning the art, of serving his master’s Lord, and of being made a_bro- 
ther. and then a Fellow Craft in due time.” The regulation still continues in force altho’ 
the character of the Institution has materially changed. What was once an operative 
science is now purely speculative, and it has been held that inasmuch as this regulation 
was made when Masonry was an operative science, that now in these latter days, the 
Order heing purely speculative—a beautiful code of morality.—the reason of the rule 
having departed, the rule itself should be abolished. Yet, however much we might de- 
sire the abolition of this regulation, as being inconsistent and unnecessary, it is easy to sce 
that were it stricken from the books a door would be open for innovations dangerous to 
the peace and prosperity of the Craft. Again, it has been contended that the regulation 
copied above, and others of like character, do not constitute what are called ancient land 
marks which cannot be removed. That many of the regulations contained in the Book 
of Constitutions are mere ‘local ceremonies, laws and usages which vary in different coun- 
tries;” that the Degrees of the Order, (we quote from the report, a very able and ingenious 
one, of the committee on Foreign Correspondence of Mississippi,) constitute the book of 
Constitutions, in which the land-marks are contained, and that no express Jaw on the 
subject can be found therein. ‘The question, from this argument, would seem to be re- 
duced to this point, what are land-marks? and whether the Book of Constitutions embo- 
dies them? In the absence of a decision, your committee concur with their Companions 
of Mississippi, who recommend, in view of all the circumstances, to leave the subject 
where we find it,—to the enlightened conscience and opinions of every one, who may 
have the right to cast a ballot for or against any candidate for the degrees of the Order. 


Your committee desire to bring to the attention of the Grand Chapter the proposition of 
establishing a representative fund to defray the expenses of the representatives to the G. 
G. Chapter. .This subject was brought up for consideration at the last session of that bo- 
dy, referred to a committee, who reported a series of resolutions to which we direct the 
attention of this Grand Body. They propose, in brief, that a fund be. established by an - 
equal assessment of $50 upon the different Grand Chapters for the payment of the mileage 
and per diem of the delegates, and a like sum at every triennial and special session of the 
G. G. Chapter. That the mileage be three cents per mile for each and every mile going 
and returning from the residence of the delegate by the nearest usually travelled route, 
and that the per diem be fixed at $1,50 while in actual attendance on the G.G.C. The 
whole subject was postponed to the next regular communication and the State Grand Bo- 
dies were requested to express their opinions upon its expediency. We have thought it 
our duty to bring the question up for consideration at this time, and while viewing it in an 
unfavorable light, recommend that it be referred to the Special committee on the subject. 

Your committee coincide in the views of this Grand Body, heretofore expressed, rela- 
tive to the high price fixed for Chapter Charters, and they are happy to observe that Ken- 
tucky, Vermont and other States are with them on this subject. An amendment to the 
Constitution of the G. G, Chapter, proposing to leave the matter to the State Grand Bo- 
dies to act in their discretion, was rejected, however, at its last session, and the fee con- 

_ tinues the same. Perhaps if the Representative Fund is established there may be anal-_ 
-veration in this regard. The price is manifestly too high—$50 would be nearer the mark. 
We observe in the proceedings of New Yous, that a committee on the subject of a 


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History of Free Masonry in the State, is collecting materials fof the same. Would not a 
similar move on the part of this Grand Chapter be attended with instruction and profit? 

Your committee concur in the opinion that if a R. A. Mason is suspended or expelled by 
his Blue Lodge, or by a Grand Lodge of competent jurisdiction, he is held as “profane” 
Lill the disability is removed by those who createlit, This seems to them sound Masonic: 


law. 
The multiplication of, officers of the Grand Chapter your committee consider unneces- 


sary. It is true they do not retard business, but they do not increase its despatch. They 
are mote in the nature of ornaments than of necessary adjuncts. Look over the list.— 
There are Grand Principal Sojourners, Masters of the Veils, Orators and Marshals. What 
are the objects of their creation~—especially that of Orator. While your committee do 
not object to the appointment of these officers if deerned advisable, they recommend for 
the sake of uniforinity, that one course be adopted by all the G. Chapters and that an equal 
number of subordinate officers, if it must be so, bearing the same title. be appointed at the 
regular times hereafter. And as having a connection herewith, that the title of the keeper 
of the outer door be permanently designated whether as Grand Tyler, Guard, Janitor or 


Sentinel. 

We quote the following from the report of the committee on Foreign Correspondence 
as an evidence of kindly feeling: ‘God bless the labors and sacrifices of our noble and 
true hearted Companions of North Carolina, and may their future sunshine be as bright 
and glorious as the clouds were dark and lowering.” So mote it be. 

In Inprana a commitice has been appointed for the preparation of a proper form of 
ceremonies to be used at the installation of the Grand officers. This committee has not 
yet reported. Its object is a good one. 

Your committee deem it theif duty to call the attention of the Grand Chapter to the 
subject of uniformity in the work. Atthe last communication of the G. G. Chapter it 
received much attention. ‘I'he work was exemplified—a committee appointed, and after 
laborious investigation, a report was submitted and unanimously adopted, and the first four 
officers of the G. G. Chapter were requested to take such measures as they might think 
pest for diffusing as extensively asmay be, the knowledge of the same to the several 


- Chapters under its jurisdiction. Our Chapters are profiting by the instructions of our 


Grand Lecturer who was a member of the committee above alluded to. 

An interesting case arose in the jurisdiction of Maryianp. A Subordinate Chapter 
elected’ a H. P. and presented his name in due and proper form toa Council of High 
Priests, with a certificate of his election, and an application for the degree of High Priest- 
hood. He was ballotted for by the Couneil and rejected ; again re-elected, and a second — 
time rejected by the Council. He was subsequently a third time chosen, his name again 
returned to the G. H. P. for installation, who declined installing him. The Subordinate 
thereupon appealed to the Grand Chapter, and the matter was referred to a committee of 
four. ‘Chere was a majority and likewise a minority report. The first of these contended 
that “the Order of High Priesthood” according to Cross’ Chart, and the constitution of the 
G. G. Chapter, is one of the orders attached to R. A. Masonry, and appertains exclusively — 
to the office of H. P. of a R. A. Chapter, inasmuch as no one can legally receive it until 
he has been duly elected a H. P.in a regular Chapter of R. A. Masons ; hae abe Pin 


can be qualified for the station he is to fill without that anointment which cannot be given 


~ except by a Council of High Priests, and that without this and other necessary ceremonies 


no H. P. can, without a violation of a most solemn trust, instal a companion as H. Priest. 


or 
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Phe report farther contends that the G. H. P.of Maryland did right, therefore, in re fusing 
to instal the H. P. elect of the Subordinate Chapter, for the reasons above stated; that a 
Council of H. Priests has a perfect right toadmit or reject whosoever they shite proper 
from the ceremonies of their body, and that the course pursued by. the Subordinate Ch lap- 
ter in reiterating the election of a conipanion to the office of H. P., afier a Council of FH. 
Priests had declined to confer upon him the order of High Priesthood, was not in accord- 
ance with the usages of R. A. Masonry. ‘This is the substance of the report of the ma- 
jority. The minority held that the G. H. P. should, without hesitation, have installed the 
H. P, elect; that because the Council recognized the G. H. P., as President of that 
hody, it constituted no reason for a refusal to perform this part of his duty clearly marked 
out by the 5th Article of the Constitution ; that it never was intended that any companion 
elected to preside over a Chapter should pass through the ordeal of the Council, but should 
be qualified in strict conformity to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the Grand 
Chapter; and that the Subordinate Chapters are themselves the best judges of the qualifi- 
cations of the members selected to preside overthem. The rept ort and resolutions of the 
majority were adopied by the Grand Chapter. ‘These proceedings took place at an ad- 
jouriied session, and subsequently the Subordinate Chapter, referred to above, surrendered 
its Charter. It was afterwards regularly re-organized, and is now working prosperous- 
ly. ‘hese are the material facts in the case. 

The principal points in this proceeding, in the opinion of your committee, are, the right 
of Subordinate Chapters to selevi their own officers, and the power and extent of authority 
legally belonging to a Vouncil of. High Pri ests On the first point it seems to be clear 
and ulideniable thatthe members ef Chapters are themselves the best judges of the merit 
andi qualifications,Of {hose selected to preside over theim.)y//hey will, in all probability, sc- 





lectonly such officers.as have proved themselves, by previous. service, fit for exaltation. 
Ii is their right and duty to advance such men withou) consultation with or, reference to 
the smiles or frowns of another power. Hlse-elections in Subordinates are solemn farces, 
This point seems too clear for furihér notice... Of the power and extent of authorily of a 
Council of High Priests, your committee are not) fully, advised... What is a, Council of 
High Priests? It is'a collection of those members only. wiveheye passed, the ising 
chair of a Chapter. “Ithas no legai Masonic. exisience—is noi rec wi ized,in, the old 
constitutions, and derives its-claim asi Masonic authority) simply,from, the usage of (a 
few years, and not by an express grant. » he consitation of the G.G. Chapter does not 
establish 1t,.but merely recognises the performance of certain ceremonies to be done only 
by past High Priests, and upon this and:similac authority the claim is. urged that itis a 
legal Masonic institution with defined rights and privileges, Your committee, agree with 


their Vermont companions, that Councilsiof High Priests are self constituted. ‘Uhey de- 


rive power from no where but themselves, The object of their meeting, at all times, ts 
simply to consecrate a companion High Priest, according to the appropriate forms. It is a 
duty on their part; a right on the part of the officer to. be consecrated.. ‘They hold, that 
a Council, therefore, has not the power to say to a Subordinate Chapter “we will not quali- 
fy your. elected officer. for installation ; for certain reasons we will refuse his application 5 
elect: a man agreeable to us, and we will act favorably but not.otherwise.’ Your commit- 
tee contend that such action is not warranted by the’ constitutions, and if sanctioned by | 


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usage | thatit i is egal ar and tyranvical and should, be abolished. The Subordinate Chapters 
must determine fort themselves. Th nine cases out of ten they: will follovy, the: correct. direc 


tion. They. are the patties most, materially inter rested, and the: presumption vis that the 
welfare and prosperity of the Order are the. primar y objects in view. Cases may arise, in, 








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-uacis Lue Supervisory action of the Council might be exerted with advantage to the craft; 
but the preservation of a principle, and the rights of Subordinate Chapters to regulate 
their own affairs outweighs these occasional instances. ‘The subject is an important one 
and worthy of consideration. If a Council of High Priests is a regular Masonic institu- 
tion, it has, of course, the power te charge for the degree it confers; a proceeding we are 
happy to say never countenanced in North Ce cheee and which we ho!d to be wrong in 
principle, and objectionable in practice. 

Since writing the above the proceedings of the Gin Ghapter of Louisiana have been 
placed in our hag It will be seen by the following extract that a similar opinicn ig en- 
tertained by that intelligent jurisdiction: 


*« Your committee think the question one of grave importance, and one which should 
be presented to ihe G. G. Chapter for its decision. If a Council of High Priests can 


veto the action of a Chapter in the choice of its presiding officer, it presents a new feature 


in KR. A. Masonry.” 
A new feature most decidedly. 
Your committee notice the adoption of a resolution in Illinois that the Grand Secretary 


_of that jurisdiction, request the Secretaries of the several Grand Chapters to forward to 


him their printed proceedings for the several past years, so far as they can. We presume 
this request will be, if it has not already been, complied with by our Secretary. 

The following resolution was adopted by the Grand Chapter of Hlinois quite unnecessa- 
rily we think; 

* Resotred, That all the EE under this jurisdiction, are hereby. ORDERED not to 
confer the Degrees of Royal and Select Master, or to suffer the same to be done in their 
Chapters.” 

‘Vhe Grand Chapter of Mississippi decided at its last convocation, that, shan a com- 
panion is suspended or expelled by a Subordinate Chapter, and takes‘an appeal from the 
sentence thereof, the term of his suspension or expulsion shall commence from the time 
of the rendition of the sentence in the Subordinate Chapter. 

‘The penalty of expulsion for non-payment of dues was ordered by the G. C. of Lifdi- 
ana at its last meeting to be stricken from the By-Laws of a Sabordinate Chapter. ‘The 
objectionable article declared that any member being in arrears for six months or more for 
dues or otherwise, shall be summoned belore the Chapter, and on having ten days notice 


‘shall be tried and may be expelled from the Chapter on account of such delinquency.— 


Lhe committee on this subject remark that the non-payment of dues should be punished 
but that it ought not to be visited with the highest penalty known to our constitution. A 
reprimand or a suspension, either for a definite or an indefinite length of time pee be 
entirely sufficient. In these views your committee heartily coincide. re iG 

An amendment to the constitution of the G. Chapter was proposed at the same session 


‘as above, and in the opinion of your committee, very properly killed. at provided that all 


vacancies in the Subordinate Chapters, occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise, 
should be filled pro fem. hah election. ‘Chis in our view 1s not warranted by the Constitu- 
‘ions. 

The following resolution was adopted: 

* Resolved, That hereafter the different Subordinate Chapters under thie Gana 1.Chap- 
ter may at discretion, ballot for the degree of Mark Master, in a Lodge of Mark Masters ; ; 
for Past Master, ina Past Master’s Lodge ; and Most Excellent Master, in a Most Excel- 
lent Master’s Lodge. But no one shall be entitled to votein any one of eaid Lodges tor 
any porson to receive 2 any one of said degrees, but Royal. Arch Masons.” kaa 

Tn North Carolina, but one ballot is had for all the degrees, and thati in the Royal Arch 3 
and We consider it @ proper and the most legal mode, i if Res ons ai 


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Believing that a well digested report upon the state of Royal Arch Masonry is an im- 
portant feature in the proceedings of Grand Chapters, and feeling, as we have painfully 
felt, the want of more time tu ascertain by study and research 2 correct understanding of 
disputed points of Masouic lore, your committee recommend, tiat hereafter, the commitice 
on Communications be required to make their repoit at the communication subsequent to 
their appointment. 

Your committee suggest that the names of those companions departed this life, from 
year to year, within the jurisdiction of North Carolina, be hereafter published in iorm 
with the proceedings, and that the Subordinate Chapters make the necessary returns for 
this purpose. 

The irregularity of conduct too often manifested by companions in the conferring of 
degrees, having been referred to us for consideration, the committee believe that they wil? 
have discharged their duty in the premises by expressing their entire concurrence in the 
appropriate remarks of the G. H. P. made in his report to the members of this communi- 


cation. 
The M. BE. G. H. P. has brought to your notice the action of certain Masonic bodies, 


- who lately initiated a cosmopolite, an exile and a travelling political emissary, into our 
mysteries, and assured him of the aid of American Masons. Such unmasonie action fils 
our minds with the most gloomy apprehensions. So glaring a departure from the old 
ways of Masonry cannot be spoken of in any but term~ of strong disapprobaiion. We 
allude to it more in sorrow thanin anger. Sympathy, we expect and ope, will ever be 
extended to the down-troden and oppressedman, We, as individuals, may acknowledge 
his course to be just and heartily wish him God-speed, but to declare that Masonry will 
engage in any political crusade, is heresy of the rankest stamp. ‘‘ Ours are the plans of 
fair delightful peace.” Our motto is, peace on earth, good will towards all mankind ‘To 
the oppressor and the oppressed, we, as Masons, extend equally the right hand of tellow- 
ship, if they approach us as Masons ; and while we weep in beholding suffering hum nity, 
we can, consistently with our principles, only stretch forth our hands and look imploringly 
to Heaven. This ill-judged action of our over-zealous brethren of anothef State, will 
furnish the only argument to justify the tyrannical decree of the present President of 
France in suppressing the Masonic Lodges of that country. 

In conclusion, we will say, that while Masonry remains duly sensible of her holy mis- 
sion—restrains the unhallowed and turbulent passions of men——inculeates brotherly love, 
_ relief and truth, dispenses her benefits uninfluenced by passion or prejudice; while she 
leads to virtue with the flowery bands of soft perguasion, and is ‘‘beautifully severe” in 
reproving vice and immorality, we may confidently hope that crowds of enthusiastic vota- 
ries will throng her courts, and that our time-honored institution will rise in majesty, 
spread abroad in beauty and strength, till it becomes a glory in the whole earth. So mote 
it be. 

TALCOTT BURR, Jr., 
J. H. MOORE, 
WM. J. CLARKE, 
J. S. PENDER, 


CORRE Da hie outa onct ssi vine L. R. LOFTIN.. 


~ Comp. AL Matis offered the ‘éllosing resolution : 
Resolved, That the decision of the G. H. P. upon that article of the Constitution rela- 
tive to the manner fet voting, be spices upon the minutes. 


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The Grand High Priest decides that according to the Grand Constitution, in all ques- 
tions decided by ballot, that one single delerate appointed by, and appearing as the repre- 


_ sentative of a Subordinate Chapter, is entitled to cast the three votes of his Chapter. 


But when a Chiat is represented by the proper officers, or their ae the ee of 
Pies given must correspond with the number of officers represented. | 
On motion of Comp. Martin, aaa nse on 2 a 


Resolved, ‘That 300 copies of the proceedings of this G. Congrcatian be printed, and 
the expense thereof be paid out of the funds of this G. C., and that the present G. Con- 
stitution be also printed with the proceedings of the Giand Convocation. 


_ Comp. Martin offered the following : 
Resolved, ‘That $30 be paid out of the funds of this G. Chenier to the Grand Treasu-_ 


rer and $50. to the Grand Secretary, and also $12 to the Grand Tyler for their services du- 
ring the present Convocation, 


On motion of Comp. Moore, 


_ Resolved, Phat the thanks of this Grand Chapter be tendered to St. John’s Lodge, No. 
1, and Concord Chapter, No, 1, for the use of their Hall and the kind and friendly manner 
in which we have been received and entertained during the present Grand Convocation, 


Grand Chapter called off till 8 o’clock, P.M. 


Wenpnespay, June 9th, 80 ‘lock, P. M. 
The Grand Chapter resumed labor. 
PRESENT. 
Officers and members as this afternoon, 
Visttors—Comp’s Joseph B. Russell, Jacob Lyons, D. Teller, Geo. 
Harriss, and A. Jackson Howell. 


M. E. Robt. G. Rankin, G. A. P. elect, was duly SEM in office 
by M. E., Alfred: Martin, P. Gs RY 


The G. H. P. made the following appointments : : 


Comp. W. J. Clarke, a Raleigh re Gag bos, 
Po DeD. Phillips) . HillsHores yiitie Ge Ri Ae C: 
« Jno. R. Harrison,,“« Raleigh, G.M.3V. 
«Wm. Bagley, ck sae tht ne Mip2.V. 


BOs JUS, Pender, ee" Parboro waremyL. Lay 

'T. Page Ricaud, “ Newbern, ~ G. Chaplain. 

poe HWE Poy, 8 Wilmington Ge byler. 3 
The Officers elected and a ppointed. were duly installed by the M. 

BiG! Hep: Comp. Bagley being absent, was installed by proxy 
The M. E. G.H. P., appointed Wrekin AE RR MRIS 
Grand Lecturer, J. H. Moore, of Warrenton. oe yi 


Committee of Finance, Comp’s P. W. Fanning, A. Martin, nL w. 
_ Brown. 





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Comp. Martin offered the following resolution, which was adopted: 


Wuereas, he ceremonies of Installation contained in the several charts and monitors, 
are designed only for the officers of Subordinate Chapters ; and are therefore in a great 
degree inappropriate for those of the Grand Uhapter, therefore 

Resolved, Thata committee of two be appointed to prepare a set of Lectures and 

charges appropriate to those ceremonies in the Installation of the officers of this Grand 
Chapter, and report the same at our next Grand Annual Communication. 
Comp’s A. Martin and IT’. Burr, Jr., were appointed said committee. 
On motion of Comp. Myers, 


Resolved, That the G.H. P. take the necessary steps to have a renewal of the Charter 
to this Grand Chapter at the next session of the General Assembly of the State. 


On motion of Comp. Fanning, 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be Aisne to collect 3 copies of the Proceedings 
of this eae Chapter from its re-organization, and have the same bound for the use of 
this Grand Chapter; and that the expenses of the same be paid out of the G. Treasury. 


No further business appearing, the Grand Chapter closed in 
“Solemn Form,” to meet again on the first Monday in June, A.-. L. 
~ 5853, A.*. I. 2383, A... D. 1853. 
Prayer by Comp. Rev. 'T’. Page Ricaud, G. Chaplain. 
HENRY P. RUSSELL, Grand Secretary. 


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Witmineton, N. C., 8th June, A.-. D. 1852, A.-. 1. 2382. 
A Convention of High Priests assembled in St. John’s Hall. 


. PRESENT; 

M. E., Alfred Martin, President, 
oc“ Wm. Geo. Thomas, Master of Ceremonies, 
6 Robt. G. Rankin, Conductor, 

oui by, Myers, ) Recorder, 


Soe Pl W. Ranning; 
coer lL. RoLottiuy, 
ee. William Burge. : 

Ex. Companions Joseph M. Cox, High Priest elect of Cherokee 
Chapter, No. 14, and Josiah 8. Pender, H. P. eiect of Concord Chap- 
ter, No. 5, presented certificates of their election as High Priests of 

* their respective Chapters, and were consecrated High Priests of the 
order of Melchisidec, in solemn form. 
E. MYERS, Recorder. 


Wilmington, — 


Raleigh, 

cs 
Salisbury, 
Roxboro’, 
Fayetteville, 


c¢ 





6¢ 


‘ Duplin, 


6é 
Tarboro’, 
Halifax, 

66 
Goldsboro’, 
Oxford, 
Warrenion, 
Murfreesboro’, 

6¢ 
Newbern, 
Plymouth, 
Hertford, 
Hamilton, 
Hillsboro’, 
Windsor, 


66 





time ascertained. 


register. 





A List of “High Priests” in the State of North Carolina. 


M.E., James &. Mckee, 


6e 


66 


a6 


66 


66 


66 


6s 


66 


6&6 


66 


Alex. Machue, 
P. W. Fanning, 
Alfred Martin, 
Isaac Northrop, 
Dugald MeMillan, 
Robert G. Rankin, 
Wm. G. Hill, 

E. B. Freeman, 
John W. Cosby, 
EK. Myers, 

A. H. Caldwell, 
C. H. Jordan, 
Robert Strange, 
John McRae, 

Ed. L. Winslow, 
L. R. Loftin, 

Eli W. Hines, 
J.S. Pender, 
Wm. Geo. Thomas, 
Lewis Bond, 

W.. W, Daniel, 

C. N. Webb, 
James Griswold, 
Zeb. M. Paschall, 
Wm. Burge, 

A. P. Yancy, 

EF. M. Capehart, 
A. 'T. Jerkins, 
Thomas B. Nicholls 
Jos. M. Cox, — 
P. P. Clements, 
Wm. Slade, 

Pride Jones, 

Jos. K. Bird, 
Kater Biggs. 


The above list comprises all the High Priests, as far as can be at this 
Should there be any omissions, the Grand Secretary 
would be pleased to receive notice, to enable him fo make a complete 


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Grand Chapter of North Carolina, in account with 
Thomas W. Brown, Grand Treasurer. 








Dr. | 
1851, June 4th, . Fee paid Wm. A. Wright, > > ° $4 00> 
“ ‘12th, Paid R. G. Rankin, - =i = le 122 02 | 
Me Rag H. W. Foy, for Tyling, ° - - = 10 00 
OY ssi aaes Allowance to Treasurer, - - - 20 00 : 
«July 17th, Advertising, : : : . = ADR ) 
‘* Aug. 27th, Do. to T. Burr, Jr., = . 5 - 36 95 
“* Noy. 7th, Amount paid for Breast Plate, ° - 70 OU 
1852, April29th, Advertising in Raleigh Times, * > - 2 00 
«© May 27th, Paid bill for Aprons, - - = 9 tie? = 1S 0590 ws | 
© June 8th, Amount carried to new acc’t, (bal. to G. C.) 364 03 
$661 55 
Cr. 
1851, June 4th, © By am’t to balance bro’t forward, Lao Bl97 05 
1852, April 27th, | Am/’t paid on Banks’ Note, - - 100 00 
ws cia 6 Dispensation Chapter in Lincoln, -— - 90 00 
sé May 29th, Dues Roanoke Chapter, No. 4, « - 15 00 
 * June 7th, Temple Ory tie OS han - 15 00 
Ua Sat Warrenton domme 61.9: 2 “ 15 00 
55 dng Se aia sk Key Stone do Sat 9 ain» 3 - 30 00 
6 ois 66a CE Eureka do a0 re > - 15 00 
a Raleigh do “ 10, - - 15 00 
66s SE gs 6 Union do “o 17, - ° 15 00 
RG ariy SE. eS Salisbury do sO - ws 15 00 
BEM SG HN 68 Cyrus do “ 21, fi 4 15 06 
in GM Lay fayette do “ - ° 15 00 
San 0 Sth Concord do coo T, - A 15 00 
CCRTAELES Ue Ce Conoho do “ 12, - - 15 00 
PAG ONG Oxford do Ye tee ° ° 15 00 | 
66 CEN. 66 ' Cherokee do sia: - - 15 00 
66S rg 68 Chorazin do « 13, - i 13 50 | 
SSS Gags Interest on John Banks’ Note, - P 24 00 | 
ES RERNCRS Do. ‘ Northrop’s do. 3 : 12 00 
$661 55) 
June 8th, 1852. THOS. W. BROWN, Treas’r. 


‘The Finance Committec have cxamined the above account of the Grand Treasurer, 
and find the same correct. 


P. W. FANNING, Finance 
A. MARTIN, Committee 
THOS. W. BKOWN, 


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Grad Chapter of North Corplna in account with “i Weare: 88 
‘ ba git cna om Pastel, ¢ (cia Secretarys 
1852, | To cash paid Pate eo a = ee ne Sy $1 50a Hes 
. © am’t handed T. W. Brown, G. Treas’ Ty iia * CPE BO. Mee A es 

1851, July 24th, By Dues from Chowan Chapter,27 |= ce ae O00 ay hE 
1852, April 28th,“ Dispensation Lincoln Chapter, -  — - ne Tee 90.00 Nae 
wey ‘June 7th, « Dues Temple Chanter, No. 6, say piace a 15 60, ; a. 











bh RN AGS “ Warrenton do * 9, tae Rs he) 7 pe 15 00 
omer ok 6) Keysione, db... IG), is al am ae 00s 
pe Ha) 8 Bureta dO” <r arate nu eee 10,00: 
6 ‘6 MERE: co Ra leigh do «10, ery a 2 babs 00 
diy Ng re iia a “ «‘ Union do Cog We sabes iin adel rie 15 00 % 

BS a Ya aa Laat “! Roanoke! dow? ae 45009 ae TSR ogg we 
66 ein 66 66 Ai be Salisbury ao 66 20, im Ne nes? his sa 15 00 . nc 
rai “ ; et &6 66 Cyrus } ado ‘6 21, ey ae 3 ¢ aa 15 aN) 
te Vans shay es % Lafayette 2ado 2/91] Whee a tye lene TOO Rae 
AM ch eo « Concord doy a aes “italy! <a aged D000 ¢ 
cb he Pikes,” er aN eS’ Gonoho® se dae: Mull 25) CP apa the iL BY 00 aa 
Ge oe 66 ce 6s Ixford ao (¢3 8, -— f J ; i5 00 ; 


66 66 Seam aace ‘¢ Cherokee do. & 4, Eh, Line MeN 15 0 
si eedppeeeDe OE veh Oe gg 


i The Finance Committee have examined the above’ ree of the Grand Secretary” $ 





ye 
ne 


and find the same correct. } dah als ene ee, 
h | PLOW, PANNING, yf sat ae aA an 
E bli Ai MARTIN, og Ms - Committe A 

THOS. S we BROWN, , ie ig 





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Ay 
1; 


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List of Subordinate Chapters under the Jurisdiction of the Gr and Chapter of Nor th Carolina, yom Re- 
turns receiwed to Vth June, 1852. 


























wa ae w 
Py ttl ola laa 
NAME. NO. } LOCATION, | HIGH PRIEST. | SECRETARY. | 3 a 3 pl aes a of 
‘ j s | ak | = | S | a | Members. 
ta o oO r4 
& eal el : | = oe oe ae Os bas 
Concord, 1 | Wilmington, | R.G. Rankin, A, Paul Repiton, 52a 1 0 0 0 83 
Pheenix, 2 | Fayetteville, E. L. Winslow No Returns, ; 
Mt. Ararat, 3° | Murfreesboro’, | A. P. x ancy J. A. R. Darden, 7 0 0 0 0 23 
Roanoke, 4 | Halifax, W. W. Danie C. N. Webb, 1 1 : 31 
Concord, 5 | Tarboro’, J.S. fers L. GC, Pender, 5 0 0 1 5 Os 40 
Temple, | 6 | Windsor, Jos. K. Bird, P. Humeberry, 15 0 3 0 ad) 23 
Eureka, 7 | Newbern, ASL: Jerkins, Ed. R, Stanly, 5 0 3 0 0 30 
Oxford, 8. | Oxford, Z. M. Paschall, J.T. Littlejohn, 5 - 0 0 0 0 25 
Warrenton, 9 | Warrenton, Wn. Burge, _L. C. Graves, A 0 i 1 0 30 
Raleigh, 10 | Raleigh, Wim. G. Hill, W.D.Haywood, 3 0 0 1 6 35 
Lafayette, 14 | Hillsboro’, Pride Jones, | Ino, D. Wilber, | 17 ] | 0 0 0 + OS ae 
Conoho, 12 | Hamilton, P. P. Clements, J: E. Short, 6 0 3 0 0 32. 
Chorazin,* 13. | Greensboro’, C. P. Mendenhall,| Edwin Watson, 10 0 0 2 0 4l 
Cherokee, 14 | Hertford, J. M. Cox,” Edwin Brace, 15 0 1 1 0 ‘ 18 
Union, 17 | Duplin, L. R. Loftin, C.D. Hil, = = 4s2 8 | al 0 S24 Ol) 
Gaston, 18. |; Roxboro’, | No Returns, | oe ag ee ey ‘3 
Keystone, 19 | Plymouth, Thos. B. Nicholls, | H. H. White, 1 0 0 0 0 ag 
Salisbury, 20 | Salisbury, A. H.Caldwell, | J. Ramsey, 18 0 1 Oe | Ao Och C8 
Cyrus, ~ 21 | Milton, No Returns, 2 ae ae 
Lincoln, : 22 | Lincolnton, U. D. cee; ae rit <5 





* Received since adjournment of Grand Chapter. ; | | | 2-8 : ee Spill saat ge 





34. 


Return of Chapters working under the shel an aa of the Grand 
Chapter of North Carolina. hits. 
Concord Chapter, No.1,—Wilmington. 





Pew, Panning, PoGab a P.) 
A Martin, BeG. EL7R., 


Alex.’ MacRae, Sr. ,P..H. P., 


Isaac Northrop, P. H. P., 
"Thomas Marshall, 
Thomas Cowan, 
L. H. Marsteller, 
D. Mc Millan 

i Alex. MacRae, Jr., 

it G. R. French, 

ef T. Er Gause, 

as Jno. Christian, 

7 Rev. Wm. Closs, 

o) Taleott Burr, Jr., 

Jno. Smith, 

C. B. Morris, 

EK. Wolfe, 

T. W. Brown, 

D. E. Roberts, © 

Jno. D.Powers, » 

Rev. Wm. C. Parks, 

Wm. A. Burr, 

J. A. Silliman, 

S.- Teller, 

J. B. Smith, 

O. L. Fillyaw, 

Rev. 8. H. Brown, 

T. D. Meares, © 

Jno. 8S. James, 

J. Wilkinson, 

W.D. Smith, 





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‘ OFFICERS, — | 
ME. R. G. Rankin; | High Priest, 
em eS. De Wallace; King, 
ad A.A. Brown, Scribe, . 
Comp. E. J. Lutterloh, Captain of the Host, 
‘© Geo. Harriss, Principal Sojourner, 
«  H. P. Russell, Royal Arch Captain © 
tpt Weds eres. AHESeg 3 Veil, 
ss. DD. Teller, Qe ss 
pei?) J. asset A (ook 
aed. A. bavlor. Treasurer; 
«A. Paul Repiton, Secretary, 
perattd.) Wi oy Tyler. 
MEMBERS. 


D, A. Lamont, 
Robert Fenner, 
A. B. Chesnut, 
Treat F. Peck, 
Owen Fennell, 
J. R. Redman, 
Thos. J. Faison, 
W. W. Harriss, 
E.V. Kelly, 
Wm. Murphy, 
C. McMillan, 
Alex. Lamont, 
Alfred Smith, 
Wm. G. Jones, 
T.C. Worth, 
Wm. Huntington, 
Jacob Lyon, 
Wm. C. Howard, 
ee. Robeson, 
Jno. Nutt, 
Owen Holmes, 
Jas. Burney, 

R. E. Troy, 

J. A. Barnes, 
W. E. Freeman, 
H. Hirsh, 

Jno. Garwood, 

J. EB. Metts, 
C.F. Murphy, — 
P. Di Trawick, . 
J. H. Wright, 





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ie Maxwell, her oh ena ot Pe 5, MeDugald, 
J.R. Beaman, — W.C. Wilkings, 
Cyrus Packard, A. J. Howell, 
Joseph Green, J. H. Allen, 


Jas. T. Miller, 
Exalted 5; Rejections 1; Withdrawals 0; Deaths 0; Suspensions 0. 





Phenix, No. 2,—Fayetieville,—No Returns. 





Mt. Ararat, No. 3,—Murfreesboro’. 


OFFICERS. 
M. E. A. P. Yancey, High Priest, 
oe hE Hart, King, 
Pie. J. be bridzer, Scribe, 
Comp. J. Baugham, Captain of the Host, 
_F.M. Capehart, Principal Sojourner, 
ee = )hWW..H. Adkens, » 7 ©R. AY Captain, 
Cont A’ Britt, Master 3 Veil, 
cy J. Y. Beaman, ss Des 
ne C»>Vann, 6 Les 
«* FF. M. Capehart, Treasurer: 
po deta. Darden, Secretary, 
a (ae) Parker, Tyler. 
\ MEMBERS. 
_ D. Brown, J. P. Lee, 
J.R. Rochelle, Bo YeoHill, 
Rev. W. P. Bretton. Rev. J. Moffett, 
Wm. J. Magett, «  Q.H. Trotman, 
Chas. E. Knight, oc Wis Leary, 
Samuel Darden: cee WVebb: 





Roanoke, No, 4,—Halifax. 


OFFICERS. | 

M. E., William W. Daniel, High Priest, 

WW. Brickell, King, 
adhe G. W. Gary, Scribe, 

Comp. A. V. Russell, Captain of the [ost. 
«  . T. G. Lowe, Principal Sojourner, 

go eR BY Lane, Royal Arch Captain, 
ter idenb. hope, G. M. 3 Veil, 
ce > Jew. Heptinstall, ©. a ai eee" 
OW, H. Underhill, a Bog 
fh EB. Se Marshall, Treasurer, 
Creag Ne Wie bs \ } Secretary, 
AsSledze, Tyler. 


ee: ay aE Pee re Race ae 


» C.N. Webb, 

John T. Pope, 
William L. Long, 
Wim. W. Daniel, 
Win. H. Underhill, 
A. V. Russell, 

- Joseph J. Anderson, 
-- F.S. Marshall, 
James R. Wilkes, 
W. W, Brickell, 
Herbert A. Sledge, 
John W, Heptinstall, 
James B. Yeilowby, 
Sterling H. Gee, 
Benjamin Burnett, 
Thaddeus Davis, 


Exalted 1; Withdrawn 1. 





Concord, No. 


ee MBERS. 


Hezekiah Lassiter, 


‘Cary Whitaker, 9. 


A. W. Simmons, © 
M. ©. Whitaker, 


George W. Gary, 


W.E. Lane, 

A. G. Jones, 

H. J. Macon, 

T’, J. Judkins, 
Rev. Wm. Burge, 
J. H. Moore, 
James 8S. Snow, 
James H. Parker, 
L. H. Whitaker, 
Rev. TI. G. Lowe, 
James 8. Snow. 





5,— Tarboro’. 


OFFICERS. 


M.E. Josiah 8S. Pender, 
Elesa Cromwell, 
Kenneth Thigpen, 


James Mehegen, 
William 8S. Duggin, 


_* . Benjamin M. Jackson, 
DS. Crenshaw, 

: Benjamin Batts, — 
P. 8. Suge, 

Henry Bryan, 
Arthur 8. Mooring, 
Jesse H. Drake, 
Wesley Swift, 
John F. Hughes, 
John R. Mercer, 
B. C. Watson, 
William Andrews, 
Lewis Bond, 





Comp. William S. Long, 


High Priest, 

King, 

Scribe, 

Captain of the Host, 

Principal Sojourner, 

Royal Arch Captain. 


«¢ William Harrell, G.M.3 V 

« William H. Hines, Seite, ase 

«John Knight, Jr., SF meobinst 

« William Norfleet, Treasurer, 

Louis C. Pender, Secretary, 

Mayo Worsley, Tyler. | 
MEMBERS. 


W. 4H. Smith, 
John H. Drake, 
Solomon Pender, . 
John Mooring, sii ne 
Andrew E. Gill, | 
William J. Armstrong, — 

TC Hearn, . 
James Nelson, 
William F. Mercer, 
Arthur Freeman, 

J. G. Williams, 

H. J.iChark; 

eap: Farmer, 


tea 3 = 
Y CS ry 
3 SS Ue 





at 
W. G. Thomas, — is Redden Daugatery, 
R. H. Pender. 


Admitted 7; Exalted 5; Withdrawals 0; Deal hea Exxpulsions 0; Suspene _ ) 
; sions 0; Rejections 0. : 





Temple Chapter, No. 6,—Windsor. 


OFFICERS. 
M. Me Joseph R. Bird, ftligh Priest, 
Benjamin J. Spruill, King, 
Comp. Robert A. Parker, Captain of the Host, - 
James H. Cherry, Principal Sojourner, 
“. Stork B. Smith, R. A. Captain, 
‘- Burrel B. Rinscel! G. M.3 Veil, 
«* Noah H. Thompson. Pata a 
«¢ = Etherton. Wilson, C6714 Leas 
«¢ Peter Humeberry, Secretary, 
“<¢ Jeremiah H. Bunch, ‘Treasurer, 
¢- 6 John 8. Sheppard, ’ *. Janitor, 
MEMBERS. 
Kaser Biggs, ThomasW. Reddick, 
Augustus Hoiley, Robert H. Smith, 
David Harrell, Thomas H. Speller, 
Geo. W. McGlauhon, Saml. B. Spinell, 
Whitmel R. Swain, Patrick H. Winston, 
Thomas C. Bunch, Preston Perry, 


Hxaltations 18; Withdrawals 3. 





Eureka, No. 7,—Newbern. 


| OFFICERS. 
M.E. A. T. Jerkins, High Priest, 
« 60 Matthew A. Outten, King, 
« Rev. J. M.C. Breaker, Scribe, 
Comp. A. H. Richardson, Captain of the Host, 
it. . Peter, Custis,” Principal Sojourner, 
« Edw’d F. Small wood, Royal Arch Captain, 
© — Luther R. Clark, G. M. 3 Veil, 
— « Thomas R. Wilson, : BESS 2 
« —0.8.-Dewey, | Pranic Bag cs 
«John D. Whitford, ‘ ‘Treasurer, 
“Edward R. Stanly, Secretary, 
_« ~ Rev. Jacob Utley, Chaplain, 
ae a Stern, Tyler. 
| Le MEMBERS. 
Matthew A. Outten, Pir aGaie na John A. Brookfield s 


William C, Hunter, a s.'Phomas Sparrow,. 












Fa Ch a aa eee SRS |r eT 


Thomas R. Wilson, 
Luther R. Clark, 
Rev. William B. Wellons, 
Rev. J. M. C. Breaker, 
John D. Whitford, 
Edward M. Montford, 


Levi Stern, 
_E. F. Smallwood, 


A. T. Jerking, 
Edward R. Stanly, 


a A. H. Richardson, 


John Harvey, Sr. 


* Peter’ Custis, 








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James Hayward, Re 
George Green, 


Edward R. Coward, 
O.S. Dewey, 

F. B. Harrison, 
Jacob Utley, 

Allen Blount, 
Raphael Folda, 
William J. Pope, 
James A. May, 
Jesse Hart, 

W. R. Frizzle, 
Thomas Page Ricaud. | 


Exaltations 5; Withdrawals 3; Deaths 0. 





Oxford Chapter, No. 8,—Oxford. 
OFFICERS. 


M. E. Z. M. Paschall, 
« = —. A. Paschall, 
ec RR. P. Taylor, 
Comp. Jas. E. Ailen, 
« 'T. O. McClanahan, 
« LL. C. Taylor, 
so A. F. Spencer, 
wc - ; A. Paschall, 
« Thomas H. Rainey, 
«Jas. T. Littlejohn, 
« 6hoaR. W.. Lassiter, 
« RR. J. Devin, 
«¢ William Daws, 


High Priest, 
King, 
Scribe, 
Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, 
Master 8 Veil, 

9 9 ce 

«sé J 66 
Secretary, © 
Treasurer, 
Chaplain, 
Tyler. 


MEMBERS. 


Charles P. Allen, 
L. He. Bullock; 


John D. Bullock, 


Wilson Bareford, 
John B. Green, 
E. H. Hicks, 


Lyman Latham, 
William McAltioner, 
Thomas Miller, 
William A. Philpott, 
Archibald ‘Taylor. 


E:xalted 5. 





Warrenton Chapter, No. 9,—Warrenton. 
OFFICERS. 


M. E. William Burge, | 
«A, G. Jones, 
“¢ Thomas J. Judkins, 
Comp. John W. Fisher, 
«Henry J. Macon, 
«Henry Harris, 


High Priest, 

_ King, 
Scribe, Lag 
Captain of the Host, — 


_ Principal Sojourner, — : 


Royal Arch Captain, — | 


Comp. James H. Moore, G. M. 3 Veil, 
«6 ~~ Robert Loudon, « Das 
co) A.B. Eaton; fe 1. 
Pe ehura bull, | Treasurer, 
wass  L, C./Graves, ? Secretary, 
«  'T, R. Goodloe, Tyler. 
MEMBERS. 
‘Thomas J. Holt, Rev. P. H. Joiner, 
William C. Crabtree, eretOr Py Jones, 
James Meares, ‘ se Jd... Hanes; 
E. C. Waddill, F ss 6 William-C. Reed, 
M. T. Hawkins, ‘¢ James Simpson, 
T’. S. Brownlow, Samuel Snow, 
A. P. Baird, John L. Farmer, 
D. R. Fisher, P. D. Powell, 
Rev. H. Arnold, H. G. Goodloe, 


Withdrawn 1; Died 1; Admitted 1; Exalted 4. 





Raleigh Chapter, No. 10,—Raleigh. 


OFFICERS. 
M. E. William G. Hill, High Priest, 
« ~ Charles H. Johnson, King, 
« Dabny Cosby, scribe, 
Comp. John i. Harrison, | Captain of the Host, 
« \ William J. Clarke, Principal Sojourner, 
s¢ )6 James ‘IT’. Marriott, Royal Arch Captain, 
«William Dallas Haywood, Secretary, 
¢¢ = Joseph John Biggs, Treasurer, 
«“ Albert Johnson, G. M. 3 ‘Veil, 
William Hf. High, oe ue 
“James Harris, s | eee aa 
‘1 James Terrell, Tyler: 
, MEMBERS. 
Willie W. Johnson, : Daniel B. Griffin, 
James G. Jeffreys, William Thomas Bain, 
Alston A. Jones, ws C. W.-D. Hutchings, 
William F. Collins, James D. Newsom, 
Willie D. Jones, Joseph D. Powell, 
~ Joseph T. Hunter, Jefferson M. Lovejoy, 
Thomas Young, John Kane, . 
Thomas Jefferson ui Rufus ‘Tl. Heflin, 
Joseph. Woltering, ee John O. Jeffreys, . 
Eldridge Smith, se . Calvin J. Rogers,. . 
Edward Yaron. Sen: | John W. Boag 


Robert W. Seawell, 


Exallations 8 - Rejections 0; “Withdrawals 0; “Dealt Py ‘Expelled 0 ; 
2 SRO Sauk . a _ Suspended 0, 





5, 


Lafayette, No. 


M. &. Pride Jones, 
¢; ~ Henry K. Nash, 
« , William Nelson, 
Comp, Daniel D, Phillips, 
‘Thomas Webb, 
«George Laws, 


« ‘Thomas Howerton, 
oo James Me Palmer, 

¢ . Joseph Allisen, 

¢¢ John D: Wilber, 
«Andrew C, Murdcck, 


Willham W. Albea, 
Joseph J. Allison, 
Giles J. Allison,* 
John J. Allison, 
John Q. Anderson, 
William EF’. Bason, 
Gaston D. Cobb, 
Alexander Dickson; 
William Dickson, 
Bartlett L. Durham, 
John ©. Douglas, 
Thomas Howerton, 
Pride Jones, 

George Laws, 

John D. Wilber, 


OFFICERS. ° 


cf Samuel D. Schoolfield, 


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11,—Hillsboro’, 


High Priest, 
King, pet 
Scribe, — 
Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, | 
G. M.3 Ma 4 
. c 9 

ce mt 66 
‘Treasurer, 
Secretary, 
uyiler.. 7 


MEMBERS. 


John F. Lyon, 
Antonio Di Martino, 
John McCown, 
Willham McCown, s 
Daniel A. Montgomery, 
Andrew C. Murdock, 
Henry K. Nash, 
William Nelson, 
James M. Palmer, 
Daniel D. Phillips, 
Samuel D. Schoolfield, 
Edmund Strudwick, 
‘Thomas Webb, 
Joseph Woods, 


Exalted 17; Rejected ty i; Withdrawals 0; Expulsions 0; Boos te 





* Expected to be Exalted but was prevented from attending on ight appointed. 





Conoho, No. 12,—Hamilton. : 


f 


OFFICERS. 


' M.E. P. P. Clements, 
is tes ees Smithwick, 
game’ ca NNW). Sherrod, 
Comp. R. E. Weathersbee, 
eh yl Lepbaddon} 
auc’ Jopn Bb; Whitaker , 
oe ‘S. J. Williams, * 
605 Gr. Te Moore, 
tial Yarrell, 


High Priest, 
King, 
Seribe,. ed 
Captain of the Host, 
ce “Principal Sojourner, oy 
oi Arch eee shee 
JG. M. 1 Veil, ehh ia, 








Al 


Comp. 8. T. Johnson, Treasurer, 
“  J.E. Short, ca Secretary, 
« sw William Slade, Chaplain. 
«William Beasly, * Steward, 
fom We wt tarlow, . Tyler. 
: MEMBERS. 
T.F. Ward, K. C. Cameron, 
J. H. Whitaker, George Hobbs, 
Bryant Bennett, Jos. J, Anthony, 
W. W. Sherwood, W.T. Weathersbee, 
H. S. Williams, T. C. Davis, 
J. H. Horner, Jno. M. Matthews, 
li. Budike, John J. Cloman, 
W. T. Hyman, C. C. Hines, 
F, J. Harrell, Jos. Waldo, 


Exaltations 6; Withdrawals 3. 





Chorazin Caapter, No. 18,—Greensboro’. 


OFFICERS. 

M. EK. Cyrus P. Mendendall, _ High Priest, 

ee Jo. Lindsay, King, 
“« William Gott, _ Seribe, 

Comp. Jed. H. Lindsay, Captain of the Host. 
Jonathad’ W. Howlett, Royal Arch Captain, 
John Hiatt, Master 3 Veil. 
Joseph A. Houston, ee earn 
John L. Cole, erie ey LG 
Joab Hiatt, Principal Sojourner, 
Orestes Smallwood, ‘Treasurer, 

Edwin Watson, Secretary, 

Harrison J. Warren, Janitor. 
MEMBERS. 

John M. Logan, W. J. McElroy, 

Robert Mitchell, John Eady, 

Peter Thurston, J.C. Lamb, 

Allen 8. Andrews, Haley Brown, 

David McKnight, Dempsey Brown, 

Robert W. Denny, Sam’l W, McKnight, 

Joseph A. Weatherly, Eli F. Watson, 

William H. Reese, John O. Holt, 

B. Craven, A. H. Boyd, 

James M. Millis, Eli O. Macy, 

Shubael G. Coffin, John D. Donnell, 

N. M. Gardner, James P. Simpson, 

L. R. Gibson, John B. Hoskins, 

John B. Kingsbury, James N. Fuller, (deceased.) 

Don Fk. Dalton? an Washington G. Lee, do. 


Johannes Kuhl, i 
Exaltations 10; Rejections 0; Withdrawals 0; Deaths 2. 


ES ae 


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Cherokee Chapter, No 14.—Hertford. 
OFFICERS. 


a a JO8.iVi..Coxs: ek 
James V. Reed, 
oe Willis H. Bagley, 
Comp. George H. Freer, 
2 Joseph G. Granbery, 
sé Jonathan W. Albertson 
« Dempsey Barelift 
* « — Josiah H. White, 
« M. D. Hathaway, 
«  M. O. Jordon, 
«Edwin Brace, 
*. John G. Berry, 


High Priest, 

_ King, | 
Scribe, 
Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, 

G.M. 3 wets 
66 9 
6 1 66 
Treasurer, 
Secretary, 

Tyler, 


MEMBERS. 


Richard Felton, 
Evin Forbes, 
Thomas J. Palmer, 


Dr. Rufus K. Speed, 


M.S. Bonshell, 


John A. Doll. 


Exxaltations 15; Rejections 0; Withdrawals 1; Deaths 1; Expulsions 0; 
Suspensions 0. 





Union Chapter, No. 17,—Duplin. 9 
OFFICERS. 
M. &. Luther R. Loftin, Hizh Priest, 
(ob. Millard; King, 
‘ James Winders, Scribe, 


OD Daniel Bowden, 
James W. Blount, 

‘¢ Joel Loftin, 
“ Samuel Lofin: 
«John B. Wright, 
‘ MWWilliam F. Pollock, 
“ Oates S. Lewis, 
SO. De Hill 
6 C=. B. Newton, 


Captain of the Host, 
Principal Sojourner, 
Royal Arch Captain, 
G. M. 3 Veil, 

€¢ A 6é 

66 1 66 
Treasurer, 
Secretary, 
Tyler. 


MEMBERS. 


Eli W. Hines, 
George W. Wallace, 
James M. McDuffie, 
John E. Breton, 
Buckner Bowden, 
A.R. Hicks, 

Henry Swinson, 
Jesse Johnston Baker, 
James G. Dickson, 
B. C. Bowden, 
David Wright, 


Thomas Wright, 
William Caraway, 
Thomas J. Hudson, 
Exum L. Powell, 
Hanson F. Murphy, 
Joseph J. Ward, 
William H. 8. Sykes, 
A. Guy, © 

John Caraway, 
Everett Peterson, 


Henry’ W. Faison, 


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Joseph R. Hatch, R. L. Wooten, 
Louis F. Carr, James M. Hines. 


Edward W. Fonville, 
Exalted 5; Suspended 0; Expelled 0; Rejected 1. 





Gaston, No. 18,—Roxboro’,—No Returns. 





Key Stone Chapter, No. 19,—Plymouth. 


OFFICERS. } 

M. E. Thomas B. Nicholls, High Priest, 

«¢ John McC. Boyle, : King, 
‘6 Thomas E. Pender, Scribe, 

Comp. Joseph Ramsey, Captain of the Host, 
OH. A. Gilliam, Principal Sojourner, 
chke ho kacan, Royal Arch Captain, 
«« William Bayley, G. M. 3 Wen 
sc Isaac Kelly, tf ies 
«© James Magee, 6 Csi pe Saee  6 
«6 Warren W. Ward, Treasurer, 

4 BE... White, Secretary, 
«Silas Murray, Tyler. 
5 MEMBERS. 
John Brown, William W.,Ward, 
Samuel T. Gaylord, 7 George W. Styron, 
Joseph A. Spruill, Henry B. Short, 
Edgar Hanks, Thomas 8. White, 
Rev. Joel W. Tucker, John A. Warrock, 
John F. Phelps, George W. Pierce, 
James W. Sikes, Rev. William H. Bobbitt, 


A. Winchell. 
Exaltations 1; Rejections 0; Admitted 1; Withdrawals 0; Deaths 0. 





Salisbury Chapter, No. 20,—Salisbury. 
; OFFICERS. 


M. E. A.H. Caldwell, _ High Priest, 
cs King, 
« —Sd*D.. A. Davis, Scribe, 
Comp. Hand James, _ Captain of the Host, 
Luke Blackmer, | Principal Sojourner, 
«John W. Coffin, — Royal Arch Captain, 
Julius Ramsey, Secretary, pro tem. 
he Joseph F. Chambers, Treasurer, 
“¢ Charles L. Partee, . G. M. 3 Veil, 
“John Kelly, ne Zoi 


“¢ James A. Johnson, | cowie Lins 


« Obadiah Woodson, ee Janitor. 





Ezekiel Myers, 
Daniel Coleman, 
Joseph A. Worth, 
Henry C. Simonton, 


David W. Honeycutt, 


James Pascoe, 
Thales McDonald, 
Myer Myers, 
Jobn J. Shaw, 

A. D. Montgomery, 
Robert Burns, 

J. G. Ramsey, 

A. M. Booe, 
Braxton Bailey, 
Preston W. Wooley, 
Thomas Trotter, 
William Hunter, 
Jehu Hanks, 
David D. Salmon, 
Samuel Taylor, 
Purcel ‘Thompson, 
John W. Ellis, 
George Riley, 
Alex. Springs, 
Baxter Clegg, 

J. J. Bryan, 


Exaltations 18; Rejections 0; 


Ad 
MEMBERS. 


ad 


F. M. Ross, 

‘Turner Pinckston, 

N. P. Alsabrook, 
Archibald Honeycutt, 3 
George M. Makepeace, - 
Robert 8. Young, 
George W. Ferabee, 
James A. Caldwell, 

J. H. Montgomery, 

J.T. Alexander, 

C. J. Cochrane, 

James Morphus, 

J.D. Ramsey, 

Clarkson Coffin, 

Samuel Rose, 

G. W. Johnson, 

John Gray Bynum, 

H. R. Austin, 

John Taylor, 

E.S. Barrett, 

Calvin W. Wooley, 

J. O. Ross, 


“A. A. Richardson, 


M. Richwine, 
Charles Lippard, 
Samuel H. Christian. 


Withdrawals 1; Deaths 0; Expulsions 0. 


ee 
. 


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46 


FORM OF RETURNS FOR A SUBORDINATE CHAPTER. 


Return of Chapter, No. , working 
under jurisdiction of the M. E. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of North 
Carolina. 

Regular meetings held on . * 

(page one I Fe a EA TT TC RSI ES ec A ORAS TSR TOTS ESSE STE RRS Ere ees | 

OFFICERS. 


£9 SER PEERS SS SS aa ae ITN TD AEA EU IED STC TIS T SPS SRE  R SAESRLEA TST AS IO RSDTSAE SN TNE LST ASE SED 


(DeSean ee re en anne na re rae rome ee Seen reron reer J 
MEMBERS. | MEMBERS. 


€ 














2 ’ Epi Witheray, Expul- ; ‘ Total No. 
oy | nejertione’ | Deaths. sions, | >USpensions aN Pty 


Form of Proxy for the High Priest, King er Scribe of a 
| _ Subordinate Chapter. 
1, A. B., (High Priest, King or Scribe,) of 
Chapter, No. , constitute Companion C. D., my proxy to represent 
me at the next Convocation of the Grand age Arch Chapter of 
the State of, North Carolina, to be held in Wilmington, on ue 


day ofi.0/) @#).4¢ in:the year of A.:. 1.238140 5) Aur) Dat8om ; 
Witness my hand and seal this = cero Of ne cane ; Tee 


SEAL.) 


47 


GORSTUBUTBGOB 


‘* 
OF THE 


GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER 


OF ‘ 


NORTH CAROLINA, 


REVISED AND ADOPTED JUNE, 1851. 





ArticLe 1. This Grand Royal Arch Chapter shall consist of the 
following officers, viz: Grand High Priest, Iteputy. Grand High 
Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secre- 
tary, Grand Marshal, Grand Tyler, together with the Past Grand 
High Priests, Past Deputy Grand High Priests, Kings aud Scribes, 
and of the High Priests, Kings and Scribes for the time being of the 
several Chapters, under the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter. All 
of whom shall be entitled to a vote, except the Grand Tyler.— 
- Provided, that when any Past Grand officer shall cease to be a 
member of a Subordinate Chapter, his membership in this Grand 
Chapter shail cease. 


Articte 2. The regular Communications of this Grand Chapter 
shall be held at Wilmington, N.C.,on the first Monday in June, in 
each year. And incase of the absence of the Grand High Priest, 
the Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King or Grand Scribe, or 
either of them shall preside, taking precedence according to rank ; 
in the absence of all the above named officers, then the oldest Past 
Grand officer of those grades present, and if there be none of the 
Past Grand officers of the rank above named present, then the High 
Priest of the oldest Subordinate Chapter present, shall have power 
to preside, and the Representatives of three Subordinate Chapters 
shall constitute a quorum. And if on the day of meeting there be 
not a quorum present, the Presiding officer may adjourn the Grand 
Chapter from day to day, until the close of the fourth day, when if 
no quorum be present, the meeting shall be adjourned until the next 
Annual meeting, unless sooner or especially convened. 

ARTICLE 3. The officers of thisGrand Chapter shall be chosen 
at each regular Annual Communication for the term of one year. 
But should the Annual Communication not be held at the stated time, 
they shall hold their offices until others are chosen. And the Grand 
or Deputy Grand High Priests respectively, for the time being, shall 
have power to call special meetings whenever they shall deem it ex- 





; pedient, of which all the Subordinate es shali be duly noti- 


fied. 

Articie 4. All questions before this Grand Chapter Bhal bey de- 
termined by a majority of votes cast. 

Arricie 5. The constitutional officers of this Crd hence 
shall be elected by ballot, except the Grand Lecturer and Grand 'Ty- 
ler, who shall be respectively “appointed by the Grand High Priest, 
all of whom if present, shall be duly Installed into their respective | 
offices before the closing of the Grand Communication. And if any 
officer be absent at the time of his election or appointment, he shall 
be immediately notified by the acting Grand Secretary, with a_re- 
quest that he signify his acceptance ' or refasal of the office, within 
thirty days. And’should any officer so notified, decline serving, or 
neglect to give notice within the spsciney time, then such office shall 
be deemed" vacant, and be filled by the appointment of the Grand High 
Priest, or in case of his death, absence, or mability, by the Deputy 
Grand High Priest, and all other vacancies of offices by (ou or 
otherwise, may be ‘filled as above. 

Articir 6. None buta regular Royal Arch Mason, shalding. mem- 
bership in a Subordinate Chapter under this jurisdiction, shall be 
admitted to a seatin this Grand Chapter as proxy, nor shall he rep- 
resent more than three members at thesame Communication. And 
all persons acting in that capacity must be furnished with creden- 
tials by the members so represented. 

Agric.Le 7. The Grand Lecturer shall be furnished with a com- 
mission by the Grand High Priest, under the seal of. the Grand 
Chapter, attested by the Grand Secretary, which commission. shall 
remain in force until the next Annual Communication succeeding 
his appointment, unless revoked by the Grand High Priest. And it 
shall be his duty at the request of any Subordinate Chapter under 
this jurisdiction, to visit such Chapter, and instruct them in the work 
lectures, and all things appertaining to the government of a Chap- 
ter, and the interest of Royal Arch Masonry. And the Chapter so 


employing him, shall make him such compensation as shall be agreed — 


upon by the parties. He shall keep a record of his proceedings, and 
report the same to the Grand High Priest when required, and to the 
Grand Chapter, at its Annual Communication : and shall make no 
alterations in the work or lectures adopted by this Grand Chapter. 
ArticLte 8. A Committee of Three shall be appointed at each 
Annual Communication, immediately after the Installation of the 
Grand officers, to he styled the Committee of Finance, whose duty 
it shall be to examine and audit all bills presented against the Grand — 
Chapter, together with the books and accounts of the Grand Treas-_ 
urer and Secretary, and report at the Annual Communication imme- 
diately succeeding their appointment, and previous to the election 
of officers. “They shall also have power to invest from | time: to time” 
any funds belonging to this Grand Chapter. 3 6 peur? 


AQ 


Articis 9. This Grand Chapter, at every Communication, shall 
be opened in solemn form previous to the transaction of any business. 

ArvicLe 10. The members of, and Representatives to this Grand 
Chapter, must appear properly clothed with the badges of a Royal 
Arch Mason. | 

Articite 11. The Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary shall 
have their Books ready for examination at the commencement of 
each Annual Communication of this Grand Chapter; and for their 
services shall receive such compensation as this Grand Chapter may 
approve: 


Arricue 12, Every petition to this Grand Chapter fora Warrant 
to open anew Royal Arch Chapter, must be signed by at least Nine 
Regular Royal Arch Masons within this jurisdiction, and accompa- 
nied with a certificate from the Chapter within the State nearest the 
contemplated location of the new Chapter, vouching for the moral 
character and Masonic abilities of the petitioners, and recommend- 
ing that a warrant be granted them. And the Grand, or Deputy 
Grand High Priest upon the receipt of such petition, if approved, 
shall grant his Dispensation for the same, to remain in force until 
the first Annual Communication of the Grand Chapter, thereafter, 
when said Chapter shall petition for a Charter, unless for satisfacto- 
ry reasons the warrant shall be continued until the succeding An- 
nual Communication, at which time application shall be made for a 
Charter, otherwise said warrant shall be revoked. 


Articte 13, The fees fora Warrant for opening and holding a 
Royal Arch Chapter shall be Ninety Dollars, of which the Grand 
Secretary shall receive ‘Ten Dollars for his services in furnishing the 
same, and no warrant shall be granted until the fees are paid. And 
when any Charter shall be granted to the Chapter having received 
such Warrant, the Fees first deposited shall be credited in payment 
of the same. But if a Charter be not granted, and said Warrant be 
withdrawn, then the fee shall be returned to the petitioners, ex- 
cepting only such part thereof as may have been expended by 
means of their application. . | 

Articie 14. The several Chapters under the jurisdiction of this 
Grand Chapter shall pay for the support thereof, into the hands of 
the Grand Treasurer, annually, the sum of Fifteen Dollars. Pro- 
vided, that Chapters working under a Warrant. shall pay nothing 
for the time they shall have held such Warrant. But in case of ex- 
tension of the time of application for a Charter, in which case they 
shall pay the regular Fees of a Chapter under Charter, for the time 
so extended, and no Chapter in arrears shail have a vote in this 
Grand Chapter, | $y | 

Arricie 45. No Chapter under this jurisdiction, shall change its 
location, except with the concurrence of this Grand Chapter, upon 
the application of a majority of the members of such on 

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o0 


Chapter, recommended by the Chapter nearest the place to which it 
is proposed to be removed. 

ArTicuLE 16. Every Royal Arch Chapter under the jurisdiction 
of this Grand Chapter, shall be represented at each Grand Convoca- 
tion by their High Priest, King and Scribe, in person or by their res- 
pective proxies. And whenever the first three officers of a Subordi- 
nate Chapter, or any one of them cannot attend the Annual meeting 
of this Grand Chapter, or shall fail to appoint his or their proxy or 
proxies to represent them or their Chapter, it shall be competent for 
such Chapter to elect or appoint a delegate or proxy. And at the An- 
nual Convocations they shall make return of the names of their offi- 
cers and members, together with all exaltations, deaths, suspensions, 
expulsions and withdrawals. And if any Chapter under this juris- 
diction shall fail to assemble once in any year, or shall neglect to be 
represented in this Grand Chapter for two years in succession, or shall 
fail for two successive years to make returns as above, and pay its 
dues to this Grand Chapter, then, and in either case of delinquency, 
the said Chapter shall forfeit to the use of this Grand Chapter, its 
Charter, with its records, jewels, regalia, and furniture, together with 
its monetary, and all other property of every description. 

Articue 17. The application of every candidate for the Degrees 
in any Chapter under this jurisdiction, shall be made in writing, 
signed by the applicant, and recommended by a member of said 
Chapter. And said application shall lay over at least one meeting 
of said Chapter for the consideration of its members, unless in cases 
of emergency, so deemed by a majority of the members present.— 
And the vote in all cases of application for the degrees or for mem- 
bership, must be unanimous to admit. 

Articte 18. No Chapter under the jurisdiction of this Grand 
Chapter, shall exalt any candidate to the degree of Royal Arch Ma- 
son, for a less sum than 'l'wenty Dollars, and no candidate shall be 
balloted for until said fee is paid, and no note of hand shall be taken 
by any Chapter for such fee or any part thereof. 


ArticLE 19. No Companion having been a member of any other 
Chapter, shall be admitted to membership in any Chapter under this 
jurisdiction until he shall have paid all arrearages to the Chapter of 
which he was last a member. 


ArTIcLE 20. No Chapter under this jurisdiction shall exalt any 
candidate whois a resident of another State, where a Subordinate 
Chapter 1s established, without a special recommendation from the 
Chapter in such State nearest his place of residence, or from one of 
the three principal officers of the Grand Chapter of the State where 
he resides, and no candidate living within this jurisdiction shall re- 
ceive any degree in any other than the Chapter which is nearest his 
place of residence, without a recommendation from said nearest 
Chapter. | Spey | | cael 


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of . 


Articte 21. No Chapter or assembly of Royal Arch Masons + : 


which may hereafter be formed within this jurisdiction, shall be 
deemed legal without the sanction of a Warrant from this Grand 
Chapter ; and all Masonic communication, either public or private, 
between any Chapter, under this jurisdiction, or any of its members, 
and any Chapter so illegally formed, or any person therein exalted, 
is hereby strictly forbidden, and a breach of any part of this article 
shall be punished by expulsion, or exclusion from all the benefits of 
this Grand Chapter. 

ArticLe 22. The High Priest, King and Scribe of any Chapter 
under this jurisdiction, when not able to attend the Grand Communi- 
cations, shall appoint their proxy or proxies, by a commission signed 
with their names, with their seals affixed, which commission shall 
continue in force only during the year for which the said High Priest, 
King or Scribe was elected. 

Articye 23, This Grand Chapter shall have original jurisdiction 
over all matters of controversy which may arise between. any of the 
Subordinate Chapters under this jurisdiction, or between members 
of different Subordinate Chapters, and appellate jurisdiction in all 
matters of controversy, proper for Masonic investigation, arising in 
any Subordinate Chapter. 

ArticLte 24. When any member of a Chapter under this juris- 
diction shall be accused of any offence, which if proved against him, 
would subject him to suspension or expulsion, the proceedings in the 
premises shall be conducted agreable to the following rules: 

Ist. [The accusation shall be made in writing over the signature 
of a Royal Arch Mason, and given in charge to the Secretary of the 
Chapter, who under the direction of the High Priest, shall serve or 
cause the accused to be served with an attested copy of the charges, 
ten days at least before the time appointed tor the examination. 
Provided, the residence of the companion so charged shall be known, 
and shall be within the distance of twenty miles of the place where 
the Chapter is located. If the residence of the accused be at a 
greater distance than twenty miles, but within the State, then and 
in that case, a summons to appear and show cause, forwarded to 
him by mail or other conveyance, thirty days before the trial, shall 
be considered sufficient service. If the residence of the delinquent 
be unknown, the Chapter may proceed to examine the *charges ex 
parte. | 
_ 2d. The examination of the charges shall be had in a Chapter, 
specially notified and convened for the purpose; at which no visi- 
tors shall be admitted excepting as counsel or witnesses. 

3d. The accused may select hisown counsel, and the witnesses 
shall testify on their honor; hearsay evidence shali be excluded. 

Ath. The question, is the accused guilty or not guilty ? shall be 
distinctly put to each member, commencing with the youngest mem- 


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Pp) st ane + AE 


cinta Fm. ome Oy Oe See 


Be 


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ber. .'The answer shall be given standing, and in a distinct and au- 
dible manner. ‘lhe Secretary shall record the same. 

5th. If the verdict be suspension or expulsion, the proceedings 
shall be sent up at the ensuing meeting of the Grand Chapter for 
examination. 

6th. A sentence of expulsion shali not take effect. until confirmed 
by the Grand Chapter, but shall operate as a suspension of the de- 
linquent. pas 

7th. A companion feeling himself aggrieved by the decision of a 
Subordinate Chapter, shall have the right of appeal to the Grand 
Chapter, he having given due and timely notice to the Stbordinate 
Chapter, of his intention so to appeal from its decision. 

8th. Whenever this Grand Chapter shall reverse or abrogate the 
decision of a Subordinate Chapter, suspending or expelling a com- 
panion, and shall restore him to the benefits and privileges of Ma- 
sonry, hs shall not thereby be restored to membership within the 
body from which he was suspended or expelled, without its unani- 
mous consent, 

9th. In allrespects other than those here specified, the proceed- 
ings shall be conducted agreeably to the regulations of Ancient 
Craft Masonry. 

ArticLtE 25. No alteration or amendment of this Constitution 
shall be made at any other than the regular Annual Communication. 

Anticiz 26, All former Constitutions and By-Laws of this Grand 
Chapter are hereby repealed, 


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A; Page. 
APPROPKIATIONS, 
Grand Treasurer, - = - A ~ = ‘ 28 
“« Secretary, - - - - “ m 5-98 
S wpbyler, - : - - . - - 28 
APPOINTMENTS, 

Of Subordinate Officers, - é 2 98 

** Grand Lecturer, - ida : < - : 28 
‘ C. 
ComMITTEES, 
On Credentials, - : “ a Z “ 3 
‘** Unfinished Business, - - ate - z eS 
«“ Charters and Dispensations, - - = 4 
« Returns and Proceedings, - = 2 y P 4 
‘¢ Foreign Correspondence, - - - : 4 
* Grand High Priest’s Report, - - - - 10 
“ Remissness of Duty, . - - - - 12 
“ Government of Subordinate Chapters, - - meee. 12 
Of Finance, - - a -* 2 : - - 28 
On Lectures and Charges, - - - * - 29 
Convention of High Priests, - - : : 4 = 29 
Constitution, - - Bs : : é és a AT 
Chapters Represented, - : : ~ “ a . 11 
: D. 

Decision of Grand High Priest, - - - - - 28 
KE. 

Election of Officers, - a . - a 2 16 
F. 

Forms of Returns and Proxies, - - -* - : 46 
I. 

Installation otf High Priest’s, - - - - 3 - 16 

hy ‘* Grand High Priest, - - - - - 28 

6 3 66 Officers, a a = - - ° 28 

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List of High Priests in North Carolina, - - - - - 30 
* Subordinate Chapters, - Ps = kien z 33 

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On Unfinished Business, - - - - - - 12 

“ Grand High Priest’s Report, = ° - ~ 12,14 & 16 
“ Charters and Dispensations, : 3 - - - 15 
* Returns and Proceedings, pare - 2 ~ = - 17 
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Rerort or Granp OFfricenrs, ; 
M.E. Grand High Priest, - - = " A i 4 
E. Deputy Grand High Priest, - - Ny a any 10 
“ Grand Lecturer, - Ys - : a : 10 
RESOLUTIONS, 
Relating to Reading Minutes, - - - 2 2 4 
«© Grand High Priest’s Report, - - - - 9 
“6 ‘¢ Contribution to St. John’s College, - - - 12 & 13 
“sé Election of Officers, - ° - - = 13 
Me “ Installation of Officers, a pas = = - 16 
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s «© Renewal Charter, - ° és s 4 p : 99 
s « Pending Proceedings, - - - - 2 =i ZO 
Of Thanks, - - - - - - 2 - OR, CE SS 
Returns of Subordinate Chapters, - - - - - - oe 34 
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BY E-LAWS 
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TO WHICH IS ANNEXED 


Las CONSTITUDLION 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


RALEIGH: 


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BYE-LAWS 


OF 


BiRAM LODGD No 4Q) 
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Section 1st. It shall be the duty of the officers and the Attendance 
members of this Lodge, to give their punctual attendance Reeds ~ 
at every Meeting. 

Section 2nd. A Lodge shall be held twelve times in each 
and every year, to wit: On the evening of the third Mon- Times of 
day in each and every month in the year, (except the months hosding 

‘ Lodge 

of June and December, and then on the anniversary days 

of Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist,) 
atone hour and a quarter after sun-set, unless otherwise 
specially ordered; and special Lodges shall be held as the 
Master may appoint: Provided, That whena special Lodge Proviso. 
shall be called at the instance, or for the benefit of any liv- 

ing brother or brothers, then, and in such case, such special 
Lodge shall be at his or their expense. 

Section 3rd. The Master, Senior and Junior Wardens, 
Secretary and Treasurer shall be chosen annually, at the oS aie Jj 
reguwar Lodge next preceding the anniversary of Saint John how cho- 
the Evangelist, by a majority of written votes. No member *™ 
who shall not have been raised to the sublime degree ofa 
Master Mason shall be entitled to a vote: Provided, that in 
case of the death, resignation or removal of any or either of 
the said officers, that then the vacancy or vacancies shall be Vacancies 

; how filled. 
filled by an election under the same rules, at the regular | 
meeting of the Lodge next succeeding such death, resigna- 
tion, or removal, unless it be postponed by order of the 
Lodge. | 

Section 4th. After the installation of the Master, he may Appoint: 


: : ; ments by 
if he thinks proper, appoint the Deacon, Steward, Marshal, the master. 


A BY E-LAWS. 


A.L. £846 Tiler and Sword-bearer; which appointments shall be enter- 
~~ ed on the minutes of the Lodge. 

cogs Section 5th. Each and every oflicer of the Lodge shall 
been raised have been raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason. 
Ofabsence Section 6th. Inthe absence of the Master, the next officer 


cf master & in grade, si:al] fill the chair; and that the Lodge may always 


wearing . i ee cli : ; 

jewels. 2Ppear in form, the officers shall wear their respective jew- 
els. 

7. Section 7th. The ‘Treasurer shall bea brother of good 

Treasurer 


and his du- worldly substance, to whom shall be committed the moneys 
ties. belonging to the Lodge; he shall always keep a fair record — 
of his accounts, and the uses to which the moneys are ap- 
propriated, and shall lay the same before the Lodge, at the 
regular meeting next preceding the anniversary ot Saint 
John the Evangelist, or at any meeting, if requested by the 
members of the Lodge. 
Section Sth. The Secretary shall have the care of the 
archives, also collect the moneys due the Lodge, and pay 
Fecretary. them over immediately fo the Treasurer, and take a receipt 
for the same; shall keep a fair and accurate record of all the 
proceedings of the Lodge, which shall be presented to the 
Master, at the ensuing Lodge, for his approbation and sig- 
nature. Itshall be his duty also, to keep a list of the debt- 
ors to the Lodge, with the sums due by each member an- 
nexed. 

Section 9th. The Tiler shall attend every call of the — 
Master; be present at every Lodge; wait on the Lodge 
while sitting under the direction of the Master, and give 
due warnings, by his instructions, of all the meetings of this 
Lodge; and shall be rewarded with one dollar for each and 
every Lodge he shall attend, and perform the duties of 
‘Dalera 
Majority to Section 10th. A majority of the members present, (the 
Becuote Master included) shall determine all questions; and in case 

of an equal division, the Master shall decide. 
Section 11th. Every question moved and seconded shall 
| mgt be put by the chair, and no new matter shall be brough: 
forward until the previous question shall be decided on. 


T iler. 


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Section 12th. No brother shall speak more than twice on iieahiacl 
(he same question, unless with leave from the chair, or to Times of 
explain hitself. speaking. 

Seelion 3th. ‘The chair shall determine all questions i 
order. 

Section 14th. When a brother speaks, he shall stand and ican 
address the chair; and if more than one rise at the same 
time, the right of precedence shall be decided by the chair. 

Section 15th. Whenever the Master or Officer presiding Master ris- 


ing ends 
rises from the chair, all debate shall cease and there shall debate. 


be strict silence. 

Section 16th. All letters and other writings introduced Ofletters 
into the Lodge, shail be handed to the chair, and then dis- 
posed of, as the Lodge may think proper. 

Section \7th. Each and every brother, during Lodge Of ohare 
hours, shall demean himself with decency and decorum, and eal : 
according to ancient usages. 

- Section 18th. No person shall be suffered to be made a Oe es 
free and accepted Mason in this Lodge, or if a Mason, shall tions for 
become a member thereof, unless he is_ well known, ee one panes 
or more members of the Lodge, to be aman of integrity and 
virtue. 


Section 19th. Any person wishing to be initiated, or ad- or ae 

vanced in Masonry, or become a metnber of this Seen, ership and 

shall send forward his petition in writi ig, signed by himself, prone ee 
also recommended by two members of this Lodge. The 
Lodge shall ballot upon all petitions of this kind; and ifa 
black ball appear, they shall proceed to ballot a second time, 
and if a black ball again appear, they shall proceed to bal- 
lot athird time; and if a black ball then appear, the prayer 
of the petitioner is rejected; nor shall the person so applying 
be considered eligible for initiation in this Lodge within one 
year after such rejection; and it shall be the duty of the 
Secretary immediately to inform the Lodges, under the ju- 
risdiction of the G. L. of N. Carolina, of such rejection. 
No question shall be asked relative to any member’s vote, 
uor shallthe way he voted be disclosed; and no petition 
shall be acted on at the same meeting to which it is prefer- 


red, 1f any one brother shall request its postponement to the 





6 BYE-LAWS. 


A, 1.5846 next meeting; yet, without such request, the Lodge may in 





its discretion act on it immediately. 
Section 20th, iach and every person, at their initiation, 
shall pay the Secretary the sum of ten dollars, for the benefit 

Sees of the Lodge; five dollars for passing, and eight dollars for 
raising. And the fees for the denefit of the Lodge shall 
accompany the petition for such initiation, passing or rais- 
ing, before the same shall be acted upon: and this provision 
shall in no wise be evaded by any brother’s becoming res- 
ponsible for the said fees. 

Presents. Section 21st. All presents made to this Lodge shall be 
entered on the journals of the same, with the name of the 
donor, asa token of his esteem for this Lodge, and respect 
for masonry in general. 

Disrespect. ‘Seclion 22nd. Should any Mason be known to have spo- 

ful lan- ken disrespectfully of the society in general, or of this 

Burs: Lodge in particular, he shall not be admitted therein, either 
asa member or visitor, until he shall have made such apol- 
ogy and concession for his conduct as shall be approved of 

Lodge i by the Ledge. 

reprimand, Section 23rd. The Lodge shall have power to reprimand, 

expel &c. suspend or expel any of its members for disgrace, misbeha- 
vior, contempt, neglect, or any other cause, whenever two 
thirds of the members present at the Lodge shall deem it 
necessary for the harmony of this Lodge, or the good of 
Masonry; andonthe expulsion ofa member, due notice 
shall be given thereof to otr sister Lodges throughout the 
State, that no Lodge may be contaminated by the society of 
an unworthy brother. 

A tpleat Seelion 24th. Masons made in other Lodges may be ad- 

ons of ma- mitted as members of this Lodge, upon being recommended 


sent and ballotted for as in cases of application for initiation: up- 


ae on being introduced, they shall pay into the Treasury the 
sum of two dollars, and subscribe their names to the code 
of Bye-Laws. 


Section 25th. Members of other Lodges of this States, 
Of visitors. may visit this Lodge, as often as they think proper; but 
Masons, being residents of this State, not regular members 


BYE-LAWS. 7 


of any Lodge, shall after the first visit, pay into the Treas- A I. 5846 
ury (except upon special invitation,) at each visit, the sum ~~~ 
of fifty cents for charitable purposes. 

Section 26th. The yearly dues of this Lodge shall be 
three dollars, to be paid in equal instalments, at the regular 
meetings of the same; andif any member, for three stated Pe 
meetings after they become due, shall fail to pay the instal- 
ments accruing from him to the Lodge, together with such 
fines as the Lodge may have imposed upon him, he shall 
stand suspended, until he fully comply with the purport of 
this article, unless, at the time when such order is made, it 
shall be suggested that such defaulting brother is absent 
from home, and has been so for twelve weeks, or went off 
soon before on some urgent business. 

Section 27th. Atthe stated meetings in January, April, pox, to ex 
July and October, the Treasurer shall exhibit to the Lodge, hibit list of 
for their inspection and government, a list of all delinquents °°'""" ""’ 
with the sums respectively due from each. 

Section 28th. Neither the Secretary nor Treasurer shall 
pay Lodge dues while acting in their several capacities; 
and moreover, the Secretary shall receive one dollar for his one 
services for each night of his attendance, and one dollar foy cietary and 


every Masonic certificate with the seal of the Lodge issued / 7°" 
to brethren applying therefor. ‘The T'reasurer shall also 
receive three percent. on all moneys by him received or col- 
lected. 

Section 29th. No member shall be permitted to withdraw 
from this Lodge until he produce the Secretary’s receipt for aetna 


all dues, and it fairly appears that he labors under no Ma- 
sonic censure. And, moreover, after having so withdrawn, 
he shall be subject, in every respect, on application for re- 
admittance, to the regulations regarding Masons made in 
other Lodges and applying to be admitted as members of this. 

Section 30th. Each member who shall not attend when Fine for 
the Lodge is opened, shall incur a fine of twenty five cents; panel 
and if absent during the meeting, fifty cents, unless he shall 
render a satisfactory excuse to the Lodge. 

Section 31st. No person shall be entitled to the privileges 


8 BYE-LAWS. 


A 1. 6846 of membership in this Lodge until he has subscribed to the 
Bye Laws bye laws thereof. . 
must be Section 32nd. Every member or brother shall appear in 
copia the Lodge properly clothed and in clean and decent apparel; 
Members ? in default thereot, the Master shall order him to withdraw 
Pree until he comply with this regulation; and should he not do 
so during the meeting, he shall be liable to the same fine as 
if he had not attended. 
Section 33rd. Should a Member so far degrade the char- 
Ae ee acter of a gentleman and a Mason, as to appear in the Lodge 
cation: in astate of intoxication, he shall be publicly reprimanded 
and ordered to withdraw; and upon repeating the offence 
within twelve months, he shall be expelled. 
Section 34th. No member shall desert the Master until 
PA Ae th the work be finished, or leave the hall while the Lodge is 
Lodge with open, without permission from the chair. For a transgres- 
oo ee. Sion in either of these respects, or for disrespectfal, disorder- 
ly or refractory conduct in the Lodge, the offender shall be 
subject to such a fine, not exceeding ten dollars, or to sus- 
pension or expulsion, as two thirds of the members present 
shall think proper and expedient. 


Waste, Section 35th. A visitor shall not be allowed to speak on 

pe a any question before the Lodge, unless requested by the 

bene Lodge; should aty person apply for admittance asa visitor, 

In a State of intoxication, or deficient in clean and decent 

upparel, he shall be refused; and ifa visitor after being ad- 

mitted, behave in an unbecoming manner, he shall for the 

first offence, be publicly admonished by the Master, and for 

the second be required to withdraw; and shall not be again 

admitted, except upon due submission and the unanimous 
acquiescence of the members present. 

Section 36th. The Master, Wardens, Secretary and 

‘Treasurer, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum 

Standing for the transaction of business, shall be a Standing Commit- 

fommites tee for taking cognizance of the behaviour of members out of, 

and reporting the same, if reprehensible, to the Lodge; for 

hearing and adjusting private disputes between members, 

upon reference to them, subject to an appeal to the Lodgeat 


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the next stated meeting; and forthe prompt relief of needy 4 1 anes 5846 
and distressed brethren, the urgency of whose necessities 

does not admit of the delay of a formal application to the 

Lodge; for which purpose they shall be authorised to draw 

upon the Treasurer for sums not exceeding ten dollars to 

one applicant at a time. 

Section 37th. The funds of the Lodge shall in no case runds shall 
be appropriated to furnishing any refreshments, unless it be ot ce 
on the festival days; and then, not without the special or- ments. 
der of the Iodge. 

Section 38th. No motion for an alteration or amendment Amendm’t, 
of these bye-laws, shall be made, except it shall be submit-™040s for , 
ted in writing, at least one month before the same shall be 
acted on. 

Section 39th. These bye-laws shall be binding on the 
members of this Lodge when ratified. 







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CONSTITUTION 
OF THE 


GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT YORK MASONS, 


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OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


oi ARTICLE I. 


Season 1, The Grand Lodge shall consist of a Grand 
Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Senior and Grand Ju- 
nior Wardens, Grand Treasurer,,\Grand Secretary, Grand 
Senior and Grand Junior Deacons, and the Masters and 
Wardens, for the time being, of the several Lodges within 
this State, or Representative or Representatives, specially 
appointed by the Lodge for that purpose, who shall be con- 
sidered as their proxy or proxies, and the Past Grand Off- 
cers of the Grand Lodge, that is to say,a Past Grand Mas- 
ter, Past Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Senior and 
Junior Wardens, Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary; 
and the said enumerated officers and Persons shall be the 
only members and voters ofthe Grand Lodge, except as 
hereinafter provided in the fifth section of the tenth article. 
The Master and Wardens of every Lodge are the Represen- 
tatives thereof in the Grand Lodge, or their proxy or prox- 
ies, or the Representative or Representatives constituted as 
aforesaid. 


- Section 2. In all cases where special Representatives shall ~ 


ot be appointed by any subordinate Lodge, and the Mas- 

d Wardens of any Lodge cannot personally attend the 

Grand Lodge, they shall have the privilege of constituting 

a proxy; and such proxy shall bea Master Mason, and a 

*, member of some Lodge under this jurisdiction: and he or 

they shall be entitled to the same number of votes as his or 
their constituent or constiuents. 


ARTICLE II. 

Section 1. A Grand Master shall be annually chosen, 
to wit—at the annual cOmmunication; and_no person shall 
be eligible to the office more than three years successively. 

Section 2. In the election of Grand Master a ballot at 


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CONSTITUTION. 


A, L.5797 large shall be taken, (every voter writing the name of the can- 


didate he thinks best qualified, and the brother who has two 
thirds of the votes present shall be declared Grand Master 
elect, and installed in due form according to ancient usage. 

Section 3. In cases of sickness or necessary absence the 
Grand Master, or any other Grand Officer, may be installed 
by proxy; but whoever represents them must have sustain- 
ed the office to which such absent officer is to be installed, 
or such office as might have entitled him to fill the chair in 
the absence of the Grand Master. 

Seclion 4. The Grand Master shall appoint and com- 
mission his Deputy under the seal of the Grand Lodge, and 
he shall appoint and declare the Grand Deacons, the Grand 
Steward, the Grand Marshal, the Grand Pursuivant, Grand 
Tyler and Grand Sword Bearer; which appointments shall 
be entered on the minutes ofthe Grand Lodge: and in case 


any other office shall become vacant by death, resignation, 


or otherwise, the Grand Master, for the time, shall fill such 
vacancy by his nomination. 

Section 5. The Grand Master shall, when present, in- 
dispensably fill the chair—in his absence the Deputy Grand 
Master—in the absence of both, the Senior Grand Warden— 
in the absence of these, the Junior Grand Warden—and in 


_ the case of the absence of all these Officers, the eldest Grand 
- ‘Officer in the Lodge is to fill the chair.. And, that the 


Grand Lodge may always appear in due form, the presiding 
officer shall wear the Jewel of the Grand Master, and all oth- 
ers the Jewels of the Officers they respectively represent. 

Section 6. No Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, or 
Grand Warden, shall, during his continuance in office, be 
Master or Warden to, or Representative of, a particular 
Lodge; and no‘brother shall be eligible to cither of the said 
offices who has not passed the chair of some regular Lodge, 
to be made known by proper vouchers. 


Section 7. The Grand Master, with his Deputy Grand 
Wardens, Treasurer, or Secretary, shall, if convenient, du- 
ring his Mastership, visit the several Lodges under his ju- 
risdiction; and shall examine their records ana proceedings, 
and see that no innovation be committed in any of them, 
first. giving. such Lodges timely notice of his approach. 
But in case it should not be convenient for the Grand Mas- 


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ter, or his Officers, to attend as herein required, then and in A.L. 5797 
that case the Grand Master is authorized to appoint a skil-~ 
ful and confidential brother for this purpose. | 

Section 8. The Grand Master has full right and authori- 
ty to preside in every Lodge under his jurisdiction, with the 
Master of the Lodge on his left hand; and to summon his 
Grand Wardens, Treasurer and Secretary to attend him, ‘4 


whoare to actin their several capacities whenever the 
Grand Master takes the chair. 


Section 9. The Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, 
and Grand Wardens, shall severally, at the time of their 
installation, make the following declaration:—“I solemnly 
promise, upon the honor of a Mason, that in the office 

I will, according to the best of my abili- 
ties, strictly comply with the laws and regulations of this 
Grand Lodge, and other ancient Masonic usages.” 

Section 10. That the Grand Master shall have power to 
grant Dispensations upon proper petition; that the brethren — 
to whom such Dispensation shall be granted make applica- 
tion to the Grand Lodge, at the next annual communication, 
for a Charter. And if such application shall not be made, 


or such Charter not granted by the Grand Lodge, the Lodge 
erected by such dispensation shall be deemed dissolved. 


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; ARTICLE III. 
Section 1. The Grand Wardens shall be chosen ope . 


| ly, by a majority of written votes, must have passed the 
chair in some regular Lodge. 


ARTICLE IV. 


Section 1. The Grand Treasurer shall be chosen annu- 
ally, by a majority of written votes. 
- Section 2. He must be a brother of good wordly sub- 
stance, and to him shall be committed the monies belonging 
to the Grand Lodge. He shall always keep a fair record 
of his accounts and transactions, and the uses to which the 
monies are appropriated; and shall lay the same, when re- 
quired, before the Grand Lodge, and account for the monies 
as may be directed. 
ARTICLE V. 


Section 1. The Grand Secretary shall be chosen annu- 
ally,by a majority of written votes. 


14 CONSTITUTION. 


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AL 57/97 — Section 2. He must be a brother who can write a fair, 
~ legible hand, and shall keep accurate records of all the 
transactions of the Grand Lodge. He shall present all the 
votes and orders of the Grand Lodge, after they are enter- 
ed, to the Grand Master, for his approbation and signature. 
He shall issue summonses as the Grand Master may direct; 
and shall give a seasonable notice in at least one public 
newspaper of every stated meeting of the Grand Lodge; 
and he shall be rewarded for his services from time to time, 

as the Grand Lodge may direct. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Section 1. The Grand Deacons, Grand Stewards, Grand 
Marshal, Grand Pursuivant, and Grand Sword Bearer, 
must be Master Masons. 

Section 2. The Grand Stewards shall attend in prepar- 
ing the feast ona regular summons for that purpose, and 

they shall always see that the tables are regularly and Ma- 
‘* “sonically spread. 

Section 3. The Grand Marshal shall attend the grand 
feast, and assist the Grand Master in the order and arrange- 
ment of the day; and the Grand Sword Bearer shall at- 
tend on all public occasions. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Section 1. The Grand Tyler shall attend every call of 
the Grand Master, and be present at every Grand Lodge, 
for which services he shall be rewarded, from time to time, 
according to his merits. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Section 1. A Grand Lodge shall be held at least once in 
every year, at such time and place as the Grand Lodge shall 
appoint; and when no .such appointment shall be made, 
then at sich time and place as the most worshipful Grand 
Master shall appoint; and special Grand Lodges shall be 
held as the Grand Master shall appoint. 


Section 2. Inthe adoption of this Constitution, and all 
amendments hereafter made, and in the election of officers, 
the votes shall be taken according to the rights of the sev- 
eral Lodges, and the members of the Grand Lodge, that is 
to say, every Lodge present by its Representatives, shall be 
entitled to three votes, whether represented by one or more 
brethren; and every member of the Grand Lodge, 


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otherwise entitled than by being a Representative of a par- A. L. 5797 
ticular Lodge, shall have one vote; all other matters in the = 
Grand Lo¢ge shall be determined by a majority of the votes 
of the members present, and the brother in the chair shall 
have the casting vote. 
Section 3. The Grand Ledge shall-have power by char- 
ter under their seal in form heretofore used, to constitute 
new Lodges, to establish an uniform mode of working in 
all the Lodges within this State, and superintend and regu- 
late the general police of Masonry, according to the ancient 
usages and customs of Masons, carefully regarding the old 


land marks, which are on no account to be removed or de- 
faced. 


Section 4. 'The Grand Lodge on granting a charter toa 
newly constituted Lodge, may demand such reasonable fees 
as they may establish by law. 

Section 5. Tke Grand Lodge shall have power to call 


upon the several Lodges for the annual and customary yw 
dues. MY 


Section 6. The Grand Lodge shall have power to estab- 
lish an uniform rule as to the sums to be paid in the sever- 
al Lodges within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, for 
initiating, passing, and raising a brother. 

Section 7. ‘The Grand Lodge shall have power to make 
such laws fr their own government as they see think 
proper. i 

ARTICLE IX. sg 

Section 1. No vote of the Grand Lodge shall be reconsid- 
ered by a less number of members thane, were present at the 
passing of the same. 

Section 2. No brother shall be admitted into the Grand 
Lodge but such as are members, excepting petitioners and 
witnesses: Provided, That the brethren properly entitled 
by their grade i in Masonry, may, on motion, be admitted as 
visiters; in neither of which cases, shall they be admitted to 
vote, 

Section 3. No new charter shall be sranted bus upon the 
petition of at least five known and approved Master Masons; 
nor shalla new warrant issue to any number of Masons, 

residing within less than ten miles of the usual place of 


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A L 5797 meeting of any regular established Lodge, unless by special 


~~ dispensation of the Grand Lodge; and the petition shall 


contain the causes which render it expedient that such a 
charter should be granted, with the nomination of the Mas- 
ter and Wardens, and the petition shall be approved by some 
regular constituted Lodge inthe vicinity of the petitioners. 
ARTICLE Xe 

Section 1. Every Lodge under this jurisdiction shall once 
every year transmit to the Grand Lodge, the names of their 
officers, and also, the names of the brothers who have been 
made Masons, passed Fellow Orafts, and raised to the sub- 


Time degree of Master Masons, in order that the same may 


be duly noticed in the Grand Lodge. 

Section 2. Upon the demise of any Lodge within the 
jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, the last Secretary and 
Treasurer of said Lodge, shall within six months after- 


wards surrender to the Grand Secretary, the books, papers, 
_ jewels, funds and furniture of said Lodge. 


Section 3. The Grand Wardens and Grand Secretary 
shall makeall necessary preparations for every Grand Feast, 
and they shall be assisted by the Grand Stewards, or some 
general undertaker. 

Section 4, Every brother present ata Grand Feast shall 


De: controlled by the Grand Master in every thing that per- 


tains: to the decency and decorum of his conduct. 

Section 5. Every brother who is an existing member of 
the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, at the time of the a, 
doption of the present Constitution, shall continue to be a 


member of the same, he paying up his dues as prescribed 
by the laws of this Grand Lodge. 


Section 6. No aniendment to this Constitution shall be 


! adopted by the Grand Lodge until the same, after being 
. uanored in writing to the Grard Lodge, and thereby con- 


“cured with, shall Be submitted to the consideration of all 
e individual Lodges and adopted by at least two-thirds of 
all the said Lodges, 

WM. R. DAVIE, «a. m. 

JAMES GLASGOW, pb. a. m. 

ROBERT WIL! JAMS, Jr. a. s. 

Committee appointed to form this Constitution. 

The foregoing Constitution was adopted Dec. YT; An Li 5797, A. D. 1797, 





AN ADDRESS 


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HIRAM LODGE N™ 40, 


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MASONIC HALL, RALEIGH, 
ON THE 
TWENTY-FOURTH JUNE, 1846, 
BY 


THOMAS J. LEMAY. 





PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF SAID LODGE, 








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My Betovep Frienps anD BRETHREN: 

The day which calls us together—the anniversary of St. 

John the Baptist—should ever be regarded by the Christian 
world as next in interest to that which marks the nativity of the 
blessed Redeemer himself, which is every where hailed with an- 
thems of praise, and observed as a time of grateful and joyous 
festivities ; because it was the day which gave to our distracted 
and babbling earth, the Prince of Peace, when was first pro- 
claimed “glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good 
will toward men.”? ‘The day of St. John should be regarded be- 
‘eause he was the divinely commissioned messenger to “ prepare 
the way of the Lord and make his paths straight.”” His father 
Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied, saying, 
‘And thou, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest, for 
thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; to 
give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the remission of 
their sins, through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the 
day-spring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that 
sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into 
the way of peace.” It is celebrated by Masons because he 
is claimed by them as the first patron of their order after the in- 
troduction of the Christian dispensation—he himself being the 
honored instrument of ushering in that glorious epoch—and fur- 
nishing in his own character an example of piety, benevolence, 
self-denial and integrity, worthy of universal imitation. These 


were the prominent traits of his character. They are too plainly 


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written in the Gospel, and too well known to this assembly, to 
require a delineation of them on the present occasion. We may, 
with greater profit to ourselves, and with equal honor to him, 
spend the day in scrutinizing our own motives and conduct—in 
enquiring if we are moved by the elevated principles which gov- 
ered his conduct, and are squaring our lives by the wholesome 
precepts which he both preached and practiced—and whether we 
have satisfactory evidence of the conformity of our venerable in- 
stitution therewith, in the effects which it produces—the fruit 
which it bears. By the fruit, the tree is known. Can we bear 
this test, severe as it is, before the tribunal of our own minds ? 
Can we bear it so far as our fruit is known, before that of the 
world? These questions may be easily solved, we think, if you 
will follow us attentively, in a brief examination of the origin 
and objects of Free-Masonry—the advantage which the cause it 
undertakes to advance, derives from ifs mode of promoting it— 
the evils, (if any) to which it is liable, and how these evils may 
be best remedied. 

I. Whilst our limited researches do not authorise us to affirm, 
as do some, that Masonry, in its organized forms and ceremonies, 
is of divine origin, we venture to claim that honor for the great 
principles upon which it is established, and regard the proof of 
its having received the approbation of the Deity as demonstrative 
—in the remarkable providence by which it has been preserved 
for so many ages, despite of all the rage and persecutions of ig- 
norance, bigotry and superstition, and amidst the corruption and 
destruction of all other human institutions. ‘To promote the best 
interests of mankind, has ever been the leading object of Free- 
masonry. Its broad foundations were laid in universal charity, 


It has ever sought to gain its ends, by enlightening the under- 


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standings, subduing the passions, and refining the affections of 
its members, and enlarging the circle, and strengthening the 
cords of brotherhood among mankind. It is true, that, originally, 
the craft consisted chiefly, if not altogether, of operative Masons; 
and that the presumption is, no regular Lodges were organized 
until the period when the Temple of Solomon was erected, which 
was completed A. L. 3028. That great and wise king then con- 
stituted at Jerusalem a number of Lodges, and employed 113,600 
of the fraternity, besides'70,000 laborers in the erection of that 
magnificent edifice ; previous to which an intimate connexion was 
formed between himself and Hiram, king Tyre; and their friend- 
ship, by the mystic tie, was permanently cemented. Under their 
direction as Grand-Masters, with the assistance of Hiram Abiff, 
as Deputy Grand Master, Masonry flourished in an eminent de- 
- gree; and from them spread with great rapidity. 

Ninus, who had assisted in building the Temple introduced the 
Masonic art in France and Germany in the year of the world 
3030; and from that time to its introduction in England it was in- 
troduced and took deep holdin many other parts of the world.— 
‘The precise period at which it was introduced into Great Britain, 
is uncertain ; but after the Roman invasion it was patronized there 
by Julius Cesar and his Generals. ‘The Emperor Caraunus be- 
came a zealous patron of the order. From him a charter was se- 
cured, and the appointment of a Grand Master in the person of the 
martyr St. Alban. But after the Romans evacuated the coun- 
try, Masonry fell into neglect, and continued in a very feeble con- 
dition, until it was revived by Alfred the Great, A. D., 872, from 
whom it continued to flourish until the reign of King Athelstane, 
in A. D. 962, when the Grand Lodge at York was established, of 


which the king’s brother, prince Edwin, was appointed the first 


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Grand Master. A Grand Communication of all the masons in 
the kingdom was called to assemble at York, where they formed a 
book of Constitutions, from ancient Documents, from which all 
the Lodges in England and America have derived their authority ; 
and this has given to them the appellation of Ancient York Ma- 
sons. After this, Masonry, not only in England, but in other 
kingdoms of Europe, received the countenance and support of 
kings and princes, as well as the most exalted statesmen and men 
of learning and exemplary piety. It also extended to Turkey, 
Russia, Africa, and, finally, soon after the settlement of this coun- 
try, to America, and now it throws its far reaching arms of benev- 
olence around the entire globe, strengthened by the approbation 
and patronage of the wise and good of every name, and of every 
elime. 

One of the primary designs of operative masonry was to im- 
prove in architectural science, by the mutual communication of 
geometrical knowledge connected therewith, which was first re- 
vealed from heaven in the patterns which were handed down for 
the construction of the ark, the tabernacle and the Temple. But 
with them, also, the advancement of civilization, the practice of 
charity, the inculcation of the worship of God, and the cultivation 
of virtue among men, were cardinal principles. 

These principles, since its transit from its operative to its spec- 
ulative character, so far from having been lost, have been strength- 
ened and established. Freemasonry is still the patron of science, 
the protector of morality, and the hand-maid of religion. It teach- 
es to all nations the great truths which lie at the foundation of all 
true religion—the existence, the nature and attributes of God—it. 
acknowledges him as the moral governor of the universe, and 


paves the way for the introduction of Christianity among heathen 


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and pagan nations; and in Christian countries it adopts the funda- 
mental doctrines of Christianity as taught in the Bible, without 
embarrassing its operations with any of the peculiarities of the 
different sects and denominations: its leading objects being to in- 
culeate universal benevolence and good will among the brethren, 
and to support an extended system of holy and healthy charity ; 
not claiming to be a strictly religious, but a social and moral in- 
stitution, operating for the good of mankind under the sanctions 
of religion, as a secondary means of promoting the happiness of 
the race. 

Tl. In the examination of the advantages the cause of humani- 
ty derives from its mode of promoting it, (to which we now in- 
vite your attention,) it will be clearly seen that it is a legitimate, ef- 
ficient and laudable means. 

But before we proceed farther, there is one preliminary question 
“which should be settled, and that is, can voluntary associations, 
with such objects as ours, be tolerated without disparaging Chris- 
tianity, encroaching upon its rights, and assuming its prerogatives? 
We say they can, and so have taught many of the most illustrious 
fathers of\ the church, by their precept and their still more forcible 
example. Itis the glory of Christianity, we know, that she only 
has the means of changing and purifying the heart—renovating 
and perfecting the whole moral nature of man—and of restoring 
perfect peace, order and harmony to our fallen and degenerate 
race ; and when this great work shall have been accomplished a- 
mong all nations, and kindred and people and tongues under heav- 
en; when “the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad 
for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose ;”’ 
*‘when righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters do the 


sea,” and all shall know the Lord from the least unto the great- 


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est:’’ then, and not till then, all other instrumentalities will be to- 
tally obscured and laid aside. “ A light will then beam upon the 
world, which will as far transcend the light of Masonry as the 
blaze of the sun, shining in his strength, exceeds the feeble twink- 
ling of the most distant star. ‘The glorious Gospel of the bles- 
sed God will then fill the world, and the sun of righteousness 
will dart his life-giving beams to the remotest and darkest corners 
of the earth.”? But until the Church shall do her duty, she ean. 
not complain, if others, seeing the necessity, shall attempt por- 
tions of it at least for her; and until she shall, in the exercise of 
all her energies and authority, fully accomplish her purposes, she 
should not despise nor reject any means, however humble, which 
may operate as auxiliaries tohercause. Something can be done by 
a single well wisher of any cause, and much more by the united en- 
ergies of many. ‘The irreligious world, though under the govern- 
ment of Satan, ate not all pleased with “ the yoke of bondage.”’ 
The “ spirit of God enlighteneth every man that cometh into the 
world;’’ and “the gospel that bringeth salvation to all men, hath 
appeared, teaching that denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we 
must live righteously, soberly and Godly in this present world.”’ 
Therefore, a degree of grace, producing good desires, and a sense 
ot moral obligation is imparted, in the enlightening influence of 
the Spirit, to every human being, which is increased according to 
the amount of light received into their understandings from the 
Gospel. Under these influences, there are various degrees of 
faith, and religious feeling and sentiment found in different indi- 
viduals, who are struggling to throw off the yoke of sin, and are 
yeady to aid in repairing the evils it has entailed upon us—some 
who are “almost pursuaded to be,’’ and others almost in practice, 
Christians. Shall the cup of cold water from one of these be 
sejected, because he does not come under the class of Christians? 


Surely not. Neither can there be any valid objection to the uni- 


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ied offerings of charity which any associated number of them 
may be disposed io throw into the lap of suffering humanity. 
Whenever there is a great emergency, men naturally, without re- 
spect to distinctions of rank, sect or party, voluntarily and imme- 
diately rush to the rescue, shewing that reason and common sense 
dictate to all the importance of associated effort. ‘The single 
child that wanders in the woods alone, and becomes bewildered 
and lost, oxeilee the sympathy not only of the parents and family 
to which it belongs, but of the whole neighborhood ; and a com- 
pany is instantly formed for rescuing the wanderer from the dan- 
gers to which it is exposed, and of restoring it to its agonized 
friends. When a man’s house is on fire, companies rush to the 
rescue, and by united efforts extinguish the raging flames. How 
absurd would it be, in either of these cases, to object to this mode 
of assistance, either because it was the duty of the families to 
have taken care of their own children and to have protected their 
own houses, or on account of their scruples as to the propriety of 
encouraging voluntary associations!! Nor would the absurdity 
be less glaring, if these companies had been previously well or- 
ganized and kept in readiness for all such useful purposes. It 
would be equally preposterous to reject aid in reclaiming the 
wanderer from the wilderness of sin—in extinguishing the malig- 
nant passions which consume the moral temples of the Deity— 
and in alleviating human misery—because it might happen to 
come from the Masonic Society. . 
Has masonry contributed to these ends? Yes—liberally, and 
efficiently, As the patron and preserver of the arts, in the bar- 
barous ages of superstition and ignorance, it has contributed in no 
small degree to refine, enlighten and civilize the world. “During 
that dark period, poverty (except among the masons) was with- 
outa friend, and the humble supplications of distress were lost 


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amidst the proud pursuits of ambition, the wild and terrible clan- 
gor ofarms, and the sweeping desolations and cruelties of perse- 
eution, anarchy and despotism.’’ Are examples of their charity 
demanded? We point to the widow, bereft by the king of ter- 
rors of her only earthly prop, whose afflictions are soothed, and 
whose hopes are revived; to the helpless orphans, whose wants 
are supplied, and who are snatched from the vortex of destruc- 
tion; to the comfort and support extended to the outcasts in the 
East; to the light which breaks in upon the cheerless gloom 
of the loathsome prison; and to the merey, even in the hour and 
heat of battle, which is shown to the vanquished foe. ‘To use 


the language of an eloquent writer, “I have wondered that Chris- 


“tians, who are comnranded to judge the tree by its fruits, have of- 


ten been found among the enemies and persecutors of Masonry. | 
Does not this tree yield good fruit? It disarms the bitterest per- 
sonal animosities, teaches forgiveness and forbids revenge. [Is 
not this good fruit? Actuated by its pervading principles, at 
some mysterious “sion or sound, arms have dropped from the 
hands of the most deadly enemies on the field of mortal combat; 
and those who were ready to pierce each others bosoms have 
embraced like brothers. Is not this good fruit? It fills the heart 
of the penniless stranger with gladness, wipes the widow’s tear, 
and relieves the needy orphan. Is not this good fruit?” And 
does not this satisfactorily shew the advantage which the cause 
of humanity, virtue, and even religion, in the partial exten- 
sion and influence of the church, derives from the Masonic mode 
de advancing it? Shalla tree so fruitful of good as this be cut 
down, or left neglected and forsaken, to wither and perish? No! 
the response of every philanthropic bosom is no!—and even the 


hollow heart of the parched and shrivelled misanthropist, echoes 
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ble, and should anxiously inquire how they may be best remedied 
The evils are not, Ist, as is suspected by some, that masonry 
tends to disparage and is inimical to christianity; for we “place on 
the altar of our consecrated temple, the holy Bible, as its most 
precious oblation, and its richest ornament. We press the hand 
of the initiate, when he first kneels there, upon its folded pages, 
as the guarantee of his fidelity and truth; and we open his before 
_ darkened eyes upon its heaven inspiring pages, that there he may 
ever look for light and instruction’. None of these evils; se- 
condly, are to be found in the symbolical language which we 
have adopted. With us symbols have no tendency to supersti- 
tion or idolatry. ‘hey are used to convey ideas of other things, 
and are more impressive than mere words and letters,as “they 
‘bear in nature a resemblance to the objects which they are em- 
ployed to represeni—forming a medium of communication by 
which a christian brother—no matter what his vernacular tongue— 
' gains at once an access to the bosom of the Turk, the Arab, or 
the Chinese, and reposes there in safety—and conveying les- 
sons of virtue and morality, which tend almost irresistably to re- 
strain the constant and well informed brother from vice and im- 
morality’. Neither, thirdly, is there any evil in excluding from 
our chart all peculiar religious creeds and tests, since we are 
united upon the great feature of true religion which embraces 
the substance of the whole, as respecis the duty of man to man— 
which distinguishes no other society on earth—the broad and 
_ philanthropic shield which it throws over the whole human fam- 
ily—forming a golden chain of connection between all nations 
and tongues. Nor, 4thly, does our obligation tend in the least 
to render the institution an instrument dangerous to public or 
private liberty. No true mason can be regardless of the laws, 

nor iraiterous to ihe interests of his country. Nor yet,  fifihly, 
is there any great evil in the secrecy, in certain matters, which 


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ged by a portion of the community ; and they very easily satisfy 
themselves, with the conclusion that we have no secrets. worth 
keeping. Very well. We will not dispute with them on this 
point ; and we trust, if they really believe so, they will dismiss 
from their minds all apprehensions of evil from so impotent a 
source, and hereafter more wisely decide to let us alone. But 
there are many other associations that have secrets besides the 
masonic, from the Government of the nation to the Faculty and 
Societies of the College; and very wisely, too. Secrecy is the 
cement of friendship, and the sign ef wisdom. The tale-bearer 
and the fool tell all and more than they know. “A man without 
secrecy is a letter for every one to read; and the itch of know- 
ing seerets is naturally attended with another itch for telling 
things. We would whisperin the ears: of those thus’ affected 
this advice: 

Premeditate your speeches, words once flown 

Are in the hearer’s power—not in your own’’. 


But, what are the real evils to which we are liable, and how 


_may they be best remedied? 


i. Weare liable, as are the members of all other associations, 
and even of the Churches, to lose sight of our individual respon- 
sibility, and to glide into the “belief, that benevolence consists 
merely in giving money, and that thus-we may be excused from 
service and self-denial in the cause of charity.” The only efli- 
cient remedy against this is at hand; and as it is within the reach 
of every one of us, we need not go in search of others of doubt- 
ful expediency. It is the love of God, as well as man, in the 
heart, ‘This love will constrain us; glowing and circulating in 
Pome pitiiial system, like the life blood in our hearts, it will im- 
pel us to be active for the glory ofthe supreme Architect. Hav- 
ing communed with the heart of Infinite Love, we may go forth 
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neighbors, and that-we are the divinely appointed agents of hap- 
piness io all within the reach of our means and personal services. 
This is the principle which harmonizes our jarring natures, and — 
fuses all our hearts and interests into one. . 

2. Another eal to which we are liable, is, slackness of dis- 
cipline, and consequent looseness of morals. The immoralitics 
of some of our members, we are compelled, in candor, to confess, 
have often caused us to blush with shame and sorrow. ‘'T'co 
many forget the sublime principles they have been taught, and the 
solemn obligations they have incurred.’ Look, then, more 
carefully and scrupulously to the pure and rigid rules of moral 
virtue laid down in your chart. Let the authority of the Lodge 
be promptly and diligently used to enforce its precepts; let the 
members be required to live, morally, by the square and com- 
pass; let it be henceforth ordained, with the unchangeableness of 
the laws of the Medes and Persians, that our moral code shall no 
longer be a dead letter; and it shall come to pass, as it should be, 
that an intemperate or a profane mason will be as rare and con- 
tradictory an object as an intemperate or profane Christian. But 
here, again, brethren, you must call to your aid the divine reme- 
dy already indicated. . The high moral standard of your chart is 
that of the Bible. 

3. One more evil to which we are liable, is excessive indul- 
gence and dissipation on public festival occasions. ‘This is a- 
voided by excluding from the festive board the intoxicating Ray 
in this, let us be decided, firm and persevering. 

4. The last evil to which I shall advert, is our liability to make 
a misapplication of our funds. But the noble example and res- 
olution of the Grand Lodge, which has with commendable alacrity 
been followed by this Ledge, and (as far as I have learned) by all 
others in the State, has almost effectually closed the door to error 


onthis point. Itis to exclude all refreshments from the Lodge, 


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and never to touch for this purpose our sacred charity funds.* Al- 
ready have we experienced the salutary effects of this whole- 
some and necessary measure, in the improved tone of moral sen- 
timent, the increased zeal and circumspection, and the handsome 
augmentation of means and members in allof our Lodges. Un- 
der ita new and glorious impulse has been given to Freemasonry 
in North Carolina; and itis now rapidly advancing, we trust, to 
a state of perfection and usefulness, worthy of the sublime prin- 
ciples upon which itis founded and eminent ability of the in- 
dividuals of whom it is composed. 

Here I will take occassion to direct your special "attention to 
one object of your charities, which has recently been the subject 
of the favorable action of the Grand Lodge—it is the establish- 
ment of a Charity School under the patronage of Masonry. I 
had the honor to suggest the expediency of this noble undertaking, 
in an address before this Lodge, several years ago, on an occasion 
similar to this; and resolutions, in accordance with that sugees- 
tion, have been adopted by the Grand Lodge to raise the means 

‘of establishing such an institution. Let us urge forward this no- 
ble enterprise. Let us remember that our great object is to me- 
liorate the condition of our fellow-men, and that a general diffu- 
sion of knowledge is “the Palladium of a free government, the 
guarantee of the representative system, and the /Mgis of our fed- 
erative existence.’ Our brethren in other States are outstripping 
us inthiscause. Let your benevolent bosoms swell with com- 
passion to observe, that no general means of instruction have 
been afforded to those in ouf own State, “whom nature has gifted 
with genius, but to whom fortune has denied the means of knowl- 


edge!’ O! with what intense anxiety; with what parental so- 





*It is just to state, that since the above was delivered, the author has been 
advised that Hiram ‘Lodge was tho first to enter into this important and 
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‘licitude should we watch the progress of this praiseworthy en. 
terprise! ‘What greater benefit (we may ask in the impressive 
language of another) can be conferred upon the destitute portion 
of the human family, than enlightening their understandings, by 
extending to them the blessings of education! What is more 
calculated to meliorate the condition of society, or what can be 
more acceptable to Deity, than persevering exertions in promo- 
ting such extensive plans of benevolence? If there be an object 
in the whole circle of creation that merits the admiration of man- 
kind, and the approving smiles of Heaven, it must be the man 


whose life is devoted to the cause of suffering humanity.” 








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ARTICLE I. 


Section 1. Title—The name, style and title of this 
Encampment shall be, “Raleigh Encampment, No. 5, 
TAO. Oo gi 

Sec. 2. Regular Meetings—The regular meetings 
shall be held on each alternate Tuesday night. The 
hours of meeting shall be, from April to September, at 
8 o’clock, P. M., from October to March, at 7 o’clock 
P. M., and during the months of March and September, 
at half-past 7 o’clock, P. M. : 


ARTICLE IL 


Sec, 1. Hlective Officers.—The elective officers shall 
Consict/of aC. Ps He P.wS..W.Scribe,, Ts, and: J.aW., 
who shall be nominated and elected, semi-annually, on 
_ the last regular meeting nights in December and June ; a 
majority of all the votes given shall be necessary for a 
choice. After the the first ballot the candidate having 
the lowest number of votes shall be withdrawn. 

Sec. 2. Vacancies.—Any elective officer absenting 
himself for more than three successive meetings, his seat 











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may be declared vacant by a vote of the Encampment ; 
and all vacancies shall be filled by the selection of some 
qualified Patriarch to serve the residue of the term; and 
officers so serving shall be entitled to the full honors of 
the term. 

Sec. 8. Appointed Officers—The appointed officers 
shall consist of a Sentinel G., first, second, third and fourth 
W., to be appointed by the C. P.; first and second G. of 
T., to be appointed by the H. P., who shall perform such 
duties as are prescribed.by the charge books and regula- 
tions of the order. | 

Sec. 4. ILnstallation.—The officers elect shall be in- 
stalled at the first regular meetings in January and July, 
or as soon thereafter as practicable. 


ARTICLE II. 


Sec. 1. Duties of C. P.—The C. P. shall preside at 
all meetings of tie Encampment, preserve order, and en- 
force the rules thereof; he shall decide all questions of 
order (an appeal however may be taken to the EKncamp- 
ment, and a majority shall reverse his decision ;) he shall 
inspect all ballots, and shall, in all cases, give the cast- 
ing vote, when the Hncampment is equally divided: 
he shall appoint all Committees unless otherwise order- 
ed; he shall sign all orders upon the Treasurer, for such 
money as may be appropriated, and all certificates or 
notices as may require his signature to authenticate 
them; he may call special meetings whenever he shall 
deem it necessary, or when requested in writing by sev- 
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be opened unless satisfied that none are present but qual- 
ified Patriarchs. And he shall perform all such other 
duties as are enjoined upon him by the charges, regula- 
tions and laws of the order. 

Seo. 2.—The C. P. shall at the last meeting in his 
term appoint a Finance Committee ‘consisting of three 
Patriarchs, whose duty shall be to audit the books and 
accounts of the Scribe'and ‘T'reasurer and report at the 
next meeting. 

Szxc. 3.—No Patriarch shall be eligible for C. P. un- 
less he shall have been elected to and discharged the du- 
ties of H. P. And no C. P. shall be eligible for re-elec- 
tion, when other qualified Patriarchs are in nomination, 
until one term after passing the chair. 


ARTICLE IV. 


Sec. 1. H. P.—The H. P. shall perform such duties 
as are enjoined upon him by the charge books and regu- 
lations of the Encampment. 

Sxzo. 2.—No Patriarch shall be eligible for H. P. un- 
less he shall have been elected to and discharge the du- 
ties of some other elective office, and no H. P. shall be 
eligible for re-election, when other qualified Patriarchs 
are in nomination, until one term after passing his chair. 


ARTICLE V. 


S. W.—It shall be the duty of the S. W. to assist the 
C. P. in preserving order and decorum ; to preside in his 




















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absence and perform such other duties as may be requir- 
ed by the charges and regulations of his office. 


ARTICLE VI. 


Sec. 1.—Scribe.—It shall be the duty of the Scribe to 
keep a true record of the proceedings of this Encamp- 
ment; keep accurately the accounts of members; re- 
ceive all moneys due, and pay them immediately over to 
the Treasurer, taking his receipt for the same; he-shall 
fill up and sign all certificates of membership; he shall 
issue notices of meetings, either regular or special, when 
directed by the C. P.; he shall issue notices of indebted- 
ness, at the commencement of each quarter, to all Pat- 
riarchs who may bein arrears; he shall notify all En- 
campments in the State of all suspensions, rejections and 
expulsions ; shall balance his books at the close of his 
term, and perform all such other duties coming within 
his office as may be required by the Encampment. 

Sec. 2.—It shall be the duty of the Scribe under the 
supervision of the other officers, and previous to the in- 
stallation of their successors to make out the semi-annual 
report for the Grand Encampment. ¢ 

Sec. 3.—Should the Scribe present any application 
for membership to the Encampment, either by petition 
or card, without first having received the regular fee, or 
should he issue any travelling or withdrawal card with- 
out first requiring the settlement of all sums legally due 
by the member obtaining such card, he shall in any or all 
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ness and shall be accounted responsible to the Encamp- 
ment for the payment of the same. 

Sec. 4.—The Scribe shall receive as compensation for 
his services the sum of fifteen dollars per term of six 
months, payable at the expiration of his term. 


ARTICLE VII. 


Treasurer.—The Treasurer shall hold the funds of the 
Encampment, receiving the same from the Scribe, and 
giving his receipt therefor; he shall pay all orders drawn 
upon him by the C. P., attested by the Scribe ; he shall 
_ have his accounts ready for settlement, and shall attend 
the Finance Committee with his books and vouchers; 
before the installation of his successor. He shall deliver 
up all moneys, books and papers in his hands to his suc- 
cessor-on the night of installation. 


ARTICLE VIL. 


J. W.—The J. W. shall open and close the Encamp- 
ment and perform such other duties as the charges, reg- 
ulations and laws of the Encampment may require. 


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ARTICLE IX. 


_ Sentinel—lt shall be the duty of the Sentinel to see 
that the room is in proper condition for the reception of 
members at all meetings of the Encampment ;. he shall 
deliver all notices to Patriarchs which may be handed 
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duties of his office. He shall receive as compensation 
for his services the sum of ten dollars per term. 


ARTICLE X. 


Eligibility of Patriarchs to Office—No Patriarch 
shall be eligible to any elective office until he has been 
appointed to, and discharged the duties of some appoint- 
ed office. 

ARTICLE XI. 


Sec. 1. Dues.—The regular dues to the Encamp- 
ment shall be seventy-five cents per quarter; payment 
of which must be made on the last meeting nights in 
March, June, September and December. 

Sec. 2. Neglect to pay.—The Scribe shall at the 
commencement of each quarter issue notices of indebt- 
edness to all Patriarchs who shall appear by his books to 
be in arrears for the quarter preceding; and he shall at 
the same time report to the C. P. all who are in arrears 
for twelve months, whom the C. P. shall declare suspen- 
ded from all rights and privileges until all arrearages 
shall be paid, notice of which suspension shall be com- 
municated by the Scribe to all Encampments within the 
State, and if the delinquent Patriarch be a member of 
the Grand Encampment notice shall also be sent to that 
body. 

Sec. 3—The dues of any Patriarch who shall be sus- 
pended under this article, or for any other cause, shall 
not cease during such suspension, but shall be regularly 
charged against him. 


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Sec. 4. Reinstatement—The suspension of Patri- 
archs in this case shall immediately cease without ac- 
tion of the Encampment upon the payment of his arrears. 


ARTICLE 211. 


Sec. 1. Charges for improper conduct.—All charges 
or specifications against Patriarchs must be preferred in 
writing at a regular meeting and read. They shall be 
referred to a committee of five to be named by the C. P. 
whose duty it shall be to investigate the same, having first 
notified the Patriarch of the charge against him, and of 
the time and place of meeting. The Committee shall 
keep a record of the evidence, and shall submit the same 
along with their decision as soon as possible, recommend- 
ing by resolution some action for the Encampment. 

Nec. 2. Haxpulsion, &c.--Should the Committee find 
the charges sustained, and report a resolution recom- 
mending the imposition of a fine, suspension, or expul- 
sion, the same when submitted shall lie on the table un- 
til the first regular meeting in the month ensuing, at 
which time it shall be announced in open Encampment, 
and made the special order of business for the first regu- 
lar meeting in the month following. The Patriarch 
charged shall be notified to attend, and shall have an op- 
portunity of submitting his defence either in person or 
through some member of the Encampment—after which 
the vote shall be taken, and if two-thirds of the members 
present, vote for the resolution, the same shall be adopt- 
ed, and the offending Patriarch be fined, or declared sus- 
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of the resolution. Should the Patriarch refuse to attend, 
or submit any defence he may be suspended or expelled 
for “contempt,” at the option of two-thirds of the mem- 
bers present. ; 

Sec. 3. Right of Appeal.—Any Patriarch feeling ag- 
grieved by the decision of the Encampment against him, 
shall be entitled to an appeal to the Grand Encamp- 
ment. 

Sec. 4. false Charges.—If any Patriarch of this 
Encampment prefer charges against another, and the 
same shall be proven malicious, he shall suffer at the op- 
tion of the Encampment. 

Sec. 5. Divulging Proceedings——Any Patriarch re- 
porting any action had relative to applicants for admis- 
sion, or upon any subject of a confidential nature, shall 
be suspended during the pleasure of this Encampment, 
and should any visiting Patriarch be. guilty of the like 
offence, charges shall be preferred against him in his 
Encampment. 

Sec. 6. Application for Reinstatement.—Patriarchs 
who have been suspended under this article, and desire 
to rejoin, must make written application therefor, which 
application shall be referred to a Committee of five to be 
appointed by the C. P. for investigation. And if the 
Committee upon investigation find, that cause no longer 
exists why such suspension should continue, and report 
favorably, he shall be re-admitted, two-thirds of the mem- 
bers present voting therefor. 

Sec. 7. Grievances between Putriarchs——When any 
matters of grievance between Patriarchs are brought be- 
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Committee of same number and appointed in like man- 
ner as in Section 1 of this Article; which Committee 
shall have power to summon the parties, and examine and 
determine the matter in question; and their determina- 
tion, if not involving suspension or expulsion, and no 
appeal be taken to the Encampment shall be final.— 
Should the Committee be convinced of the necessity of 
suspending or expelling they shall submit a resolution to 
the Encampment for that purpose, which resolution shall 
be acted on in the manner prescribed by section 2 of 
this article. 


ARTICLE XIII. 


Sec. 1. Proposition for Membership.—Candidates 
for membership must be proposed and recommended in 
writing by two R. P. members, stating age, occupation, 
residence, and the Lodge from which they hail. And the 
applicant must be clear of the books in the Subordinate 
Lodge of which he is a member. i 

Sec. 2. Investigating Committee—The C. P. shall 
appoint a Committee of three, whose duty it shall be to 
enquire into the character of applicants for admission, 
and see that the requisitions have been complied with, 
and report as soon as practicable. After the report has 
been handed in, the candidate shall be ballotted for, and 
if elected, shall come forward for initiation within five 
meeting nights or forfeit his election and fee ; if rejected 
the fee shall be returned, and he shall not be again pro- 
posed until the expiration of six months. 

Sxc. 3. Initiation Fee—KEvery brother initiated into 
this Encampment (excepting Ministers of the Gospel in 


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charge of copgregations, who shall be admitted free of 
charge,) shall pay twelve dollars’ for the three degrees, 
which payment must accompany the application. 

Sec. 4. Joining by Card—FKee therefor —The sum 
of three dollars shall be charged as the fee for joining 
this Encampment by card. . 

Sec. 5. Mode of Joining by Card.—Any Patriarch 
hailing from another Encampment, and wishing to con- 
nect himself with this, shall send in his card and the fee 
therewith. A Committee of three shall be appointed by 
the C. P. to examine the card, prove the applicant, and 
report; whereupon, a ballot shall be had, and no black 
ball appearing, he shall be declared duly elected. Ifthe ap- 
plicant be rejected his fee shall be returned. 


ARTICLE XIV. 


Spee. 1. Kunerals.—Upon the death of a member in 
good standing, the C. P. shall call a special meeting of 
the Encampment to attend his funeral, if the family of 
the deceased do not object. The Patriarchs shall be 
notified of the time of meeting either by written, verbal, 
or published notice. Should any Patriarch fail to at- 
tend he shall be fined fifty cents, to be charged as dues, 
unless a satisfactory excuse be rendered, to be judged of 
by the Encampment. 

Sec. 2.—Upon the death of a member, not over six 
months in arrears, the sum of twenty dollars shall be al- 
lowed, which shall be paid over without delay by the C. 
P. to the deceased Patriarch’s nearest of kin. 






































ARTICLE XV: 


Sec: 1. Officers’ Fines.—-The elective officers’ names 
shall be called immediately after the Encampment is 
opened, and all absentees shall be fined twenty-five cents ; 
and if any appointed officer shall fail to be present when 
his services are required, he shall pay a fine of twelve 
and a-half cents, which fines shall be charged as dues, 
and shall not be remitted unless a reasonable exetise be 
given, and accepted by a majority present. 

Sec. 2. Mines of Cominittee-men.—Any Patriarch 
who shall accept an appointment toserve on a Commit- 
tee, and fail to attend to the duties thereof, shall pay a 
fine of twenty-five cents for each neglect during the ex- 
istence of said Committee, unless a sufficient excuse be 
offered to and accepted by the Encampment. 

Sec. 3. Remission of Fines.—Fines incurred may be 
remitted by the C. P. when the excuse is sickness, or ab- 
sence from the City: in all other cases they must be re- 
ferred to the Encampment, and no fine shall be remitted 
unless an excuse be offered within three months after it 
is incurred, provided, the Patriarch has been in the City 
within that period. 


ARTICLE XVI. 


Sec. 1. Withdrawal Cards.—Any Patriarch who is 
clear of the books, and in good standing, shall on applica- 
tion, in open Encampment, receive a withdrawal card, 
upon payment of twenty-five cents for the same. 


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Sec. 2.—Visiting Cards.—Any Patriarch who may 
desire a visiting card, shall, upon application to the C. P. 
and Scribe, receive the same by paying twenty-five 
cents, provided, he is clear of the books, in good stand- 
jng, and shall have paid up to the time for which the 
card has been applied for. 


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j ARTICLE XVII. 


Amendments.—Amendments must be proposed in writ- 
ing, and shall lie upon the table two meetings, after 
which time, they may be called up for action, and if two- 
thirds vote in favor they shall become law. 


ARTICLE XVIII. 


Suspension of By-laws.—No By-law or rule shall, at 
any time, be suspended, unless by unanimous consent of 
the Patriarchs present. 












































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1. Any member wishing to deliver his opinion, or 
speak in any debate, shall rise in his place, and respect- 
fully address the C. P. He shall confine himself to the 
question under discussion, and avoid personalities. If 
two-or more members rise to speak at the same time, 
the C. P. shall decide who is entitled to the floor. 

2. No member shall speak more than twice on the 
same question, without permission from the Kneamp- 
ment. 

3. If a member be called to order while speaking, by 
the C. P. or any other member, he shall cease speaking 
and take his seat, until it is determined whether he is in 
order or not. 

4. No motion shall be subject to debate, until it shall 
have been seconded, and stated by the C. . It shall be 
reduced to writing at the request of any member. 

5. When amotion has been made, and decided upon, 
it shall be in order for any member, voting in the major- 
ity, at the same or next meeting, to move for a.reconsid- 
eration thereof; but no discussion of the main question 
shall be allowed; and in no event, shall any question or 
subject, which has been indefinitely postponed be recon. 
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6. When the reading of any paper or other matter is 
called for, and the same is objected to by any member, 
it shall be determined by a vote of the Kncampment 
without debate. 

7. Before putting a question, the C. P. shall ask “Js 
the Encampment ready for the question?” If no member 
rise to speak, he shall rise and put it. While the C. P. 
is putting a question, or addressing the Encampment, no 
Patriarch shall walk out of, or across the room, or enter- 
tain private discourse, and after he shall have risen to 
pat it, no member shall speak upon it. 

8. Any member doubting the decision of a question 
may call for a division of the Encampment. 

9. Any member may call for a division of a question, 
when the sense will admit of it. 

10. Every officer and member shall be designated, in 
debate or otherwise, by his proper office or title, accord- 
ing to his standing in the Encampment. 

11. No member shall be permitted to speak or vote, 
unless clothed in Regalia. 

12. The decisions of the C. P. on points of order, may 
be appealed from by any member, and in such case, the 
the-question shall be, “Shall the decision of the chair 
stand as the judgment of the Encampment ?” 

13. When one-fifth of the members present, rise in fa- 
vor of taking a question by yeas and nays, they shall be 
ordered and recorded. 

14. Every member present shall vote unless excused 
by the Encampment, 

15. Any Patriarch making use of improper or indeco- 
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while in the Encampment, shall for the first offence be 


fined twenty-five cents: should he persist in violating- 


the rules of propriety, the C. P. may order him to leave 
the Encampment for the evening—-nevertheless any 
member has the right of appeal, from the decision of the 
chair. 

16. All cases of order not herein provided for, shall 
be governed by the usages, customs and laws of the 


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APPENDIX. 


GENERAL LAWS 


FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT OF SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENTS 


. Under the Jurisdiction of the R. W. Grand 
Encampment of North Carolina. 











PREAMBLE. 


For the purpose of ensuring uniformity in the Patriarehal Order 
within this jurisdiciion, the Grand Erveempment of the State of 
North Carolina, the supreme tribunal of all Encampments of Patriarehs 
within its limits, without whose sanction and control no Eneamp- 
ment can exist, Ordains the following Articles as the Constitution of 
the Subordinate Encampments of Patriarchs : 


ARTICLE FIRST. 


This Encampment shall be constituted by at east seven members ~ 
of the R. P. D., and shall be hailed and entitled * Encampment of 
Patriarehs, No. --, f. O. of Q. F., State of N, C.,” and shall possess the 
full powers, and privileges of a Subordinate Encampment, holding a 
legal, unreclaimed, and valid charter, duly granted, and formally pre- 

sented by the Grand Encampment of the State of North Carolina, 





ARTICLE SECOND. 


Section 1.—Admissions, gc. 


CrausE t.—No person shall be admitted into this Encampment 
who is not ascarlet degree member of a Subordinate Lodge under 
the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of N. €., nor for a less sum than 
twelve dollars, (except a minister of the Gospel in charge of a Con- 
sregation,) which shall include all the degrees. 

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Cravsr 2.——-Applicants for membership must apply in writing at a 
regular meeting, or some spevial meeting called for that purpose, pro- 
vided each resident Patriarch have notice of the application; and the 
applicant shall be clear of the books ef the Subordinate Lodge. The 
eandidate may be immediately balloted for, if no objection is made; 
but if objection is made, it shall lie over until the next regular meet- 
ing; and it shall require a unanimous vote to admit. 

CuiausE 3.--A Patriarch of the Order wishing to become a mem- 
ber, shall present his eard from the Eneampment of which he was 
‘formerly a member, which shall be referred to a Committee of three, 
and in other respects disposed of as provided for by clause 2, for other 
Aol and on being admitted shall pay asum not less than three 

vllars. 

CriausE 4.—A Patriarch cannot retain his membership in an En- 
campment in this jurisdiction when holding a card of withdrawal from 
a Subordinate Lodge. 

Crause 5—When a candidate has been rejected, notice thereof 
shall be sent without delay, to all the Encampments in this State. 


Section 2.--Contributions and Benefits. 


- Cause 1.--The regular contributions to the Encampment fund 

shall not be less than three dollars per year, to be determined by the By- 
Laws; and the Encampment shall suspend all members who neglect 
or refuse payment of the sums so determined, for twelve months, 

CrausE 2.—{t shall be optienal with this Encampment to pay 
benefits to its members; but when any is paid, it shall be such a- 
mount as shall have been fixed in the By-Laws, and to Patriarchs 
who ate not indebted to the Encampment over the amount of six 
months dues. 

Cause 3.—In case of the death of a Patriarch who shall be quali- 
fied as previded in clause 2, there may be allowed from the Encamp- 
ment, asum not Jess than twenty dollars, to defray the expense of 
burial, which shall be paid over without delay to the deceased brother’s 
nearest of kin. The C. P. in the absence of competent relations, shall 
assist in taking charge of the funeral, and receive account of the dis- 
bursements, 


Section 3.— Penalties and Trials. 


Cuause 1.—Any Patriarch who shall violate any of the principles 
of the Order, or offend against these articles, or the By-Laws, shall 
be subject to be fined, suspended or expelled, as the By-Laws may 
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Crause 2.—Every member shall be entitled to a fair trial for any 
offence involving suspension or expulsion; but no member of this 
Encampment shall be put upon trial, unless charges duly specifying 
his offence be submitted to the Encampment in writing, by one or 
more brothers of the Order, except when made liable by non-payment 
to the Encampment, or when suspended or expelled by the Lodge of 
which he is a member. 

CiavsE 3.—When charges have been preferred against a Patriarch, 
as prescribed in clause 2, or any matters of grievance between Patri- 
arehs be brought before the Encampment, they shall be referred to a 
special Committee of five members; ; and they shall, with as little de- 
lay as the case will admit, summon the parties, and examine and de- 
termine the matter in question ; and if not involving the expulsion or 
suspension of a member, or no appeal be taken from their decision to 
the Encampment, it shall be fina! without further action of the En- 
campment. Should the Committee be convinced of the necessity of 
suspending or expelling a member, they shall submit a motion for the 
purpose, to the Encampment for action. 

Crause 4.—When a motion for the expulsion or suspension of a 
Patriarch shall have beensubmitted in dueform, it shall be announced 
at the regular monthly session when submitted, and made the special 
order of business for the next regular monthly session; and the ac- 
cused shall be summoned to be in attendance at the Encampment, at 
the time when it may have been determined to consider the question ; 
at which time, whether the implicated Patriarch be present or not, the 
Encampment may proceed to consider and determine it; two- thirds 
of the members present voting in favor of the motion, it shall be car- 
ried; and the Encampment shall be fully competent, while such mo- 
tion is under consideration, to vary the penalty from the original mo- 
tion. 

CrausE 5.—When the decision of a» Committee appointed under 
clause 3, for the adjustment of grievances, shall not be satisfactory to 
all parties, either of those interested shall have the privilege of appeal 
to the Encampment; and at the time appointed for trying the appeal, 
the Committee shall present to the Encampment in writing, the grounds 
on which their decision was founded, and the parties shall have the 
privilege of being heard before the Encampment; and the Eneamp- 
ment shal] determine the correetness of the decision of the Commit- 
tee, by a majority of votes present. 

CrausE 6.-—Any Patriarch feeling aggrieved by the decision of the 
Encampment against hing, is entitled to an appeal to the Grand En- 
campment fora new trial: if informality or want of fiirness be shown 
on the former trial, on the command of the Grand Encampment, the 
Patriarch may be tried anew for the same offence. 


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Criavuse 7.——Any Patriarch having been suspended or expelled, no- 
tive thereof shall be sent to all Envampments within the State ; anda 
Patriarch who has been fegally expelled, shall not again be admitted 
to membership without the consent ef the Grand Encampment. 


ARTICLE THIRD. 
Or OrrFicers. 
Section 1.——Elective and Appointed Officers. 


CiausE 1.—The elective Officers of the Encampment shall consist 
ofa C. P., H. P., S. W., Scribe, Treasurer, and J. W., who shall 
serve a regular term each. 

Criavse 2.—-The appointed Officers shall be a S., 1st W., 2d W., 3d 
W., 4th W., Ist G. of T., 2d G. of T., who shall serve a regular term 
each. 


SECTION 2.—Duties of Officers. 


The duties of the various Officers shall be as laid down in the 
charges of their Office, and as specified by these articles, and the By- 
Laws of the Encampment. 


Section 3.—FElections, gc. 


Cravse 1—No Patriarch shall be eligible for C. P. unless he 
shall have been elected to, and discharged the duties of H. P., 
nor for H. P. unless he has been elected to, and discharged the 
duties of some other elective office; nor shal] any Patriarch be 
eligible to the other elective offices, until he has been :ppointed 
to, and discharged the duties of some appointed office. And all 
Officers shall be eligible for re-election except the C. P. and H.P., 
who shall not be when any qualified Patriarchs are in nomination, 
until one term after passing the chairs respectively. And a ma- 
jority of all the valid votes shall be necessary to election. 

Ciause 2.—The first Officers of a newly instituted Eneamp- 
ment shall not be subject to the provisions of the preceding 
clause. . / 

Crauseé 3.--The nomination and election of the elective Officers 
shall take place at the last regular monthly session in each term. 
And the installation of the officers shall take place at the first 
regular monthly session in the succeeding’ one. 

CiausE 4.——Any Officer absenting himself for more than three 
successive sessions, his seat may be declared vacant by a vote of 


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the Encampment. And all vacancies shall be filled in the manner 
of the former selection, to serve the residue of the term; and 
officers so serving shall be entitled to the full honors of the term. 


ARTICLE FOURTH. 
Sessions, TERMs, Returns, &c. 
SecTION 1.——Sessions. 


CravusE 1.--The first regular sessions held in each month shall 
be styled the “Regular Monthly Sessions ;” those succeeding shall 
be styled the “ Regular Adjourned Sessions.” 

CLause 2.--—-Seven Patriarchs shall constitute a quorum for bu- 
siness; which shall be transacted in the R. P. D. 


SEcTION 2.— Terms. 


Regular semi-annual terms, consisting of two regular sessions in 
each month, shall commence on the first regular sessions of July 
and January only ; and all terms shall end on the day on which 
the succeeding ones commence. 


Section 3.—Returns. 


Crause 1.—It shall be the duty of the last past Officers to pre- 
pare and forward to the Grand Encampment, immediately on the 
installation of the Olficers, the result of the elections, and a regular 
report of the work of the term, including the names of those ini- 
tiated, advanced and exalted---admitted by card—rejected—with- 
drawn by eard—--suspended or expelled, and the cause thereof---re- 
instated and deceased----the whole number in membership----the a- 
mount of receipts----accompanied by whatever amount may be due 
the Grand Encampment. 

Crause 2.—It shall be the duty of the Encampment, also to 
forward to the Grand Encampment, in like manner, up to the first 
day of January, annually.a full return of the members of the En- 
campment ranked according to the degrees attained, and a state- 
ment of the number of Patriarchs relieved by the Encampment in 
the past year; the number of Patriarchs buried----with the amount 
of money applied to each of those purposes----designating the a- 
mount paid for educating orphans. ' 


Section 4.—Forfeiture of Charter. 


Should this Encampment fail to make its returns as required by the 
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campment, it shall thereby forfeit its Charter and become extinct, and 
it shall become the duty of the last installed Officers to transmit or 
surrender to the Grand Patriarch, (or such other Patriarch as may be 
appointed to receive them,) the Charter, books, papers, furniture and 
funds of the Encampment. 


ARTICLE FIFTH. 
DEGREES. 


Every Patriarch shall be eligible for degrees immediately on being 
initiated, but not more than two degrees shall be conferred on a Patri- 
arch at the same session, unless the most urgent necessity be proved. 


ARTICLE SIXTH. 
Or AMENDMENTs, &c. 
SEcTION 1.—Amendments. 


Cause 1.—When doubts arise of the true meaning of any part of 
these Articles, it shail be determined by the Grand Encampment. 
CrauseE 2.--These Articles, nor any part thereof, shall not be alter- 
ed, amended, suspended or annulled, except on motion made in Grand 
Encampment. 


Section 2.--By-Laws. 


This Encampment shall stand fully invested with power to adopt 
such By-Laws and resolntions from time to time, as may be deemed 
expedient. provided they do not in any wise contravene any part of 
these Articles, the laws and constitution of the Grand Encampment, 
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PROCEEDINGS 


OF THE 
Second Ennual Communication 
OF THE ° 
Ne We GHAND BNOAMPIENE 
OF THE 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 

HELD IN 
RALELG WM, 

On Wednesday May 9, Thursday May 10, Friday May Ul, Saturday May 1%,. 


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FAYETTEVILLE : 
PRINTED BY EDWARD J. HALE. 
1849. 


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RALEIGH, WEDNEspAy, May 9, 1849. 


The R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina 
met at 9 o’clock this morning, in the Hall of Manteo 
Lodge, No. 8, and was opened informally by the M. ‘W. 
Grand Patriarch, who appointed the following Officers: 


P. H. P. Wm. D. Cooxe, of Raleigh Encampment, No. 
2, M. E. Grand High Priest. 

P. C. P. Bens. F. Hanxs, of Pamlico Encampment, 
No. 6, R. W. Grand Senior Warden. 

P. C. P. J. B. Newsy, of Pine Encampment, No. 3, 
R. W. Grand Scribe. 

P. C. P. Epwarp Yarsoroven, of Raleigh Encamp- 
ment, No. 5, R. W. Grand Junior Warden. 

P.C. P. Wu. H. McKesr, of Raleigh Encampment, 
No. 5, W. Grand Sentinel. 


Certificates of Representation were presented from 
Campbell Encampment, No. 1, stating that P. C. P. Rev. 
A. Paul Repiton, was elected Representative: From Bain 
Encampment, No, 2, P.C. P. R. H. Worthington, Re- 
presentative: From Pine Encampment, No. 3, P. C. P. 
J. B. Newby, Representative,—P. H. P. Sam. G. Smith, 
Alternate: From Calumet Encampment, No. 4, P. G. P. 
Israel Disosway, Representative: From Raleigh Encamp- 
ment, No. 5, P. H. P. Wm. D. Cooke, Representative: 
From Pamlico Encampment, No. 6, P. C. P. Benj’n F. 
Hanks, Representative. 

The G. E. D. was conferred upon P. C. P’s McKee, 
Busbee, and Newby. | 


It being ascertained that a legal number of Encamp- 
ments were represented, the Grand Encampment was 
then opened in due form,—the following Officers being 
in attendance: ' 


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P. C. P. Joan C. Woon, of Campbell Lncampiment, 
No. 1, M. W. Grand Patriarch. , 


P. C. P. Rev. A. Paut Rerrron, of Campbell Encamp- 
ment, No. 1, M. Ei. Grand High Priest. 


P.C. P. Bens. F. Hanus, of Pamlico Encampment, No. 
6, R. W. Grand Senior Warden. 


P.C.P. J. B. Newsy, of Pine Encampment, No. 3, R. 
W. Grand Scribe, pro tem. 


P. C. P. Epwarp Yarsoroven, of Raleigh Encamp- 
ment, No. 5, R. W. Grand Junior Warden, pro lem. 


P.C. P. Wm. H. McKes, of Raleigh Encampment, No. 
d, W. Grand Sentinel, pro tem. 


And P. G. P. Israel Disosway, of Calumet Encamp- 
ment, No. 4: And P. C. P’s R. H. Worthington, of Bain 
Encampment, No. 2; Perrin Busbee, of Raleigh Encamp- 
ment, No. 5; Thos. H. Hardenbergh, of Pamlico Encamp- 
ment, No. 6: And P. H. P’s W.S. G. Andrews, of Camp- 
bell Encampment, No. 1; Wm. D. Cooke, of Raleigh 
Encampment, No. 5, and O. W. Telfair, of Pamlico En- 
campment, No. 6. 


The M. W.G. P. then read his Annual Report, as fol- 
lows: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

Orricers anD Parriarcus: In accordance with my duty as your 
Presiding Officer, I herewith present you the following Report for the 
past year: 

The Returns, as far as they have been received, shew a moderate 
increase in the Subordinate branch of the Patriarchal Order, and that 
harmony prevails throughout this jurisdiction. | 

In the early part of the present Term, I received a communication 
from Calumet Encampment, No. 4, asking permission to change the 
time of their meeting. I granted their request, on condition that the 
change did not conflict with the Bye-Laws of their Encampment. 

I also received a communication from Campbell Encampment, No. 1, 
setting forth that they had received a proposition from a Scarlet Degree 
member in good standing of a Lodge in Massachusetts to become a 
member of their Encampment, and that they were desirous of admitting 
him to membership, provided it was not incompatible with the practice 
and regulations of the Order. ‘The Brother having located himself per- 
manently in Wilmington, I did not conceive it would be a violation of 
the Laws of the Grand Lodge of the United States (see page 57, sec. 
10, Digest,) or of this Grand Encampment, and replied to their com- 
munication accordingly. 


1 would call your attention to the following Resolutions adopled hy 
the Grand Lodge of the United States, at its Session in September last: 


“Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Scribe of each Encamp- 
ment to furnish the Secretary of each Subordinate Lodge with a list of 
the members of said Lodge who are also members of such Encamp- 
ment; and that it shall be the duty of each Secretary to advise each 
Scribe, within a reasonable time, of the granting of a Withdrawal Card 
to any member of his Lodge who is also a member of such Encamp- 
ment, and also of the suspension, expulsion, or reinstatement of any such 
member.” 

“Resolved, That the Regalia prescribed by the Order as Odd Fel- 
lows’ Regalia may be worn instead of, er in connection with, the Fu- 
neral Regalia prescribed by the Laws of the Grand Lodge of the Unit- 
ed States, as the respective Grand Lodges and Grand Encampments 
may determine.” 


The Grand Lodge of the United States also appointed a Committee 
for the purpose of compiling a uniform Constitution for the Grand Lodges 
and Grand Encampments within its jurisdiction, and to report at the 
Session of Sept. 1849. 

I would suggest the appointment of a Committee to draft a Constitu- 
tion for the government of Subordinate Encampments within this juris- 
diction. 

Your particular attention to the unwritten work of the Order is re- 
quested. I regret to say it is a subject which has not received the at- 
tention which its importance demands. 

Most of the Encampments within this jurisdiction are working under 
Charters granted by the Grand Lodge of the United States. I would 
recommend that they receive Charters with the Seal of this Grand En- 
campment, and return their present Charters to the Grand Scribe, to 
be put on file. 

The financial condition of the Grand Encampment, I would earnest- 
Jy urge upon your attention. 

Permit me, in conclusion, to remark, that I should be wanting in 
candor not to confess, that I have highly appreciated the kind partiality 
which elevated me to the highest office in your gift, and entertain the 
hope that you may select for my successor one better qualified to dis- 
charge the varied and sometimes difficult duties of the office. 

Respectfully and fraternally. 
JOHN -C. WOOD, G. P. 


On motion of P. G. P. Disosway, the above Report 
was referred to a Select Committee, consisting of P. G. 
P. Disosway, P. C. P. Hardenbergh, and P. H. P. Cooke. 

The M. W. G. P. aaaaeye the following Standing 
Committees: 


On Elections and Returns.—P. C. P’s McKee, Hanks, and Yar- 
borough. 
On “Finance.—P. G. P. Disosway, and P. H. P’s Andrews and Cooke. 


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Correspondence.—P. C. P’s Hanks and Worthington, and P. H. P. 
Telfair. 

Grievances.—P. C. P. Yarborough, P. G. P. Disosway, and P. H. 
P. Telfair. 

Supervision of Laws of Subordinates.—P. H. P’s Andrews and Cooke, 
and P. C. P. Hardenbergh. 


On motion, the Grand Encampment adjourned to 4 
o’clock P. M. 3 


4 o’CLOCK P. M. 


The Grand Encampment met pursuant to adjournment, 
and was duly opened—the M. W. G. P., the other Off- 
cers, and a legal number of Patriarchs being present. 

P. H. P. Samuel G. Smith, of Pine Encampment, No. 
3, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat. 

The Select Committee, to whom was referred the Re- 
port of the M. W. G. P., made the following Report: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Select Committee appointed to classify the Report of the M. W. 
G. P. beg leave to report, and recommend the reference of the different 
subjects, as follows: 

On changing the time of meeting of Calumet Encampment,—to the 
Committee on Grievances. | 

Constitution for Subordinates,—to a Select Committee. 

On the propriety of admitting a Scarlet member from another State 
to membership in a Subordinate Encampment in this State,—to a Se- 
lect Committee. | 

On so much of the Report as relates to the financial condition of the 
Grand Encampment,—to the Committee of Finance. 

On the subjects of Funeral Regalia and Uniform Constitutions, your 
Committee would recommend that the Grand Encampment await the 
action of the Grand Lodge of the United States upon those subjects. — 

In conclusion, your Committee recommend that some time be set 
apart during this session of the Grand Encampment for instruction in 
the Unwritten Work. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 
I. DISOSWAY, 
T. H. HARDENDERGH, $ Committee. 
WM. D. COOKE, 


On motion, the above Report was received, and the 
recommendations contained therein were adopted. 

In conformity with which, the M. W. G. P. appointed 
the following Committees: 


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On Constitution for Subordinates,—P. C. P’s McKee and Harden. 
bergh, and P. H. P. Telfair. | 

On Conferring Encampment Degrees on Scarlet members from other 
States,—P. H. P’s Andrews and Smith, and P. C. P. Worthington. 


The Committee on Elections and Returns submitted 
the following Report, which was received and adopted: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Elections and Returns have examined the certifi- 
cates, and find the following Encampments represented, with the names 
of the Encampments and their Representatives: 

Campbell Encampment, No. 1, P. C. P. Rev. A. Paul Repiton, Re- 
presentative. 

Bain Encampment, No. 2, P. C. P. R. H. Worthington, Representa- 
tive. 

Pine Encampment, No. 3, P. C. P. J. B. Newby, Representative. 

Calumet Encampment, No. 4, P. G. P. Israel Disosway, Repre- 
sentative. 

Raleigh Encampment, No. 5, P. H. P. Wm. D. Cooke, Representa. 
tive. 

Pamlico Encampment, No. 6, P. C. P. B. F. Hanks, Representative. 

They find a certificate from Pine Encampment, stating that J. B. 
Newby and Samuel G. Smith have served their term as C. P. and H. 
P. in the Encampment, and are entitled to the G. E. D. and seats in 
the Grand Encampment of the State. They also find a certificate from 
Pamlico Encampment, certifying that P. C. P. Thomas H. Harden- 
bergh, and P. H. P. O. W. Telfair, have served their full term in their 
respective offices, and are entitled to seats in the Grand Encampment. 

Respectfully submitted. 
W. H. McKEE, 
B. F. HANKS, connie. 
KE. YARBOROUGH, 


P.G, P. Israel Disosway submitted his Report as Grand 
Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 
On motion, the Report was received, and ordered to be 
printed with the Proceedings of the Grand Encampment, 
and is as follows: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The undersigned, having had the honor to be elected, at 
your last session, the Representative of your Right Worthy Body in the 
Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States, and it having been 
intimated to him that some other than a verbal report would be expect- 
ed from him, respectfully begs leave to submit, with as much brevity as 
the circumstances of the case and his duty to this Body will permit, a 
synopsis of the proceedings of the parent Body. 

Much business of general interest to the Order was transacted. But 
he will confine himself principally to such decisions and enactments as 


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more particularly apply to Grand and Subordinate Encampments, leav- 
ing to his coadjutors, the Representatives of the Grand Lodge, (whose 
constituency are so much more able to bear the expense of ‘publishing 
their report,) the task of entering in detail upon the extensive field 
opened up by the action of the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

The session of the Grand Lodge of the United States commenced on 
the 18th Sept. last and continued eight days—all the State Grand 
Lodges, and all the Encampments but three being represented. ‘The 
finances of the Grand Lodge of the United States are in a flourishing 
condition, it being supposed that its property, added to funds on hand, 
would amount to at least $20,000. 

During the session the following were elected oflicers for two years, 
from Sept. ensuing, V1Z: : 

Ge. Mi Robt. H. Griffin, of Georgia, M. W. Grand Sire. 

~P.G. M. A. S. Kelloge, of Michigan, R. W. Deputy Grand Sire. 

P. G. M. James L. Ridgely, of Maryland, R. W. Grand Secretary. 

P. G. M. Andrew E. Warner, of Maryland, R. W. Grand Treasurer. 

Among the amendments to the Constitution, were the following, viz: 

Amend Article 1, of the Constitution, page 15, bottom line, after the 
words “Odd Fellowship,” add, “that the unwritten work of the Order, 
shall in no wise be altered or amended, except by a unanimous vote of 
this Grand Lodge; and the written work of the Order shall in no wise 
be altered or amended, except with the concurrence of four- fifths of the 
Grand Lodge.” 
~ Amend the article of the Constitution of this Grand Lodge, on the 
subject of sending Representatives to foreign jurisdictions, by inserting 
after the second word of the article the word “previous.” 

Sec. 21, art. 3, div. 3, of the Digest, amended by inserting the words 
‘or rev ived, after ‘new,’ in the fourth line. _ 

Sec. 1, art. 10, div. 2, of the Digest, is represented as having been. 
amended ‘by striking out the words ‘‘in the interval between the adop- 
tion of the constitution or amendments, and its confirmation by the 
Grand Lodge of the United ean it is binding on the body by which 
it has been adopted.” | 

Doubts are expressed by some of the Repretedradvos as to the adop- 
tion of the proposed amendment. Your Representative i is not certain, 
and as the matter may come up for future action, it would be well for 
you to look at the subject in all its bearings, and express such an opin- 
ion on it as would serve as a key to your wishes. A proposition was 
made to substitute July for Sept. as the time of meeting of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States. Also, to reduce the emoluments of the 
Grand Lodge by striking out Sec. 4 of art. 12 of the Constitution which 
is in these words: | 

“Dues from state, district, or territorial Grand Lodges and Grand 
Encampments, $20 per annum, for each vote they shall be entitled to 
in this Lodge.” Also, to equalize the expenses of the State Grand 
Bodies, by requiring the Grand Lodge of the United States to pay ex- 
penses of Representatives. And also an amendment to the 25th Bye- 
Law, more clearly defining the Regalia of the Order. On all these 
points your Representative would be pleased to reflect your opinions: 


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How far the right of instruction on your part is admissible may be seeti 
from the following, to be found on page 116: 

“Resolved, 'That while this Grand Lodge recognizes the right of 
State Grand Lodges and Encampments to instruct their Grand Repre- 
sentatives in matters pertaining particularly to said Lodges and En- 
campments, it also deems the doctrine of instruction in matters of in- 
terest to the entire Order throughout this jurisdiction, highly in- 
expedient.” 

A motion to extend the term of Subordinate Encampments to one 
year, was reported against by the Committee on the state of the Or. 
der.- And as this decision is binding, it brings Sec. 2, Art. 9, of our 
Constitution in conflict. By a vote of 51 to 26, a resolution authoriz« 
ing the appointment of a Committee to report at the next session, “a 
uniform Constitution for all Grand Lodges and Encampments,” was 
adopted, A protest signed by 8 Representatives. was spread on the 
Journal against this decision, “inasmuch as it contemplates the with. 
drawing, annulling and revoking the powers granted by this Grand 
Lodge to State Grand Bodies, to frame, enact, and adopt their own 
laws.” 

A preamble and resolutions on the subject were submitted, which 
will come up for action at the time of the reporting of the proposed 
Censtitution. 

By a vote of 68 to 8 the sum of $8,000 was appropriated to relieve 
the pecuniary distress of P. G. Sire, Thomas Wildey—his property 
(which is of greater value) being held as collatera] security. ‘This 
sum it is expected will be refunded by the voluntary contributions of 
Grand and Subordinate Lodges and Encampments—the intention being 
to restore, ultimately, to the P. G. Sire, the property now held as col- 
lateral security. 

An application, soliciting contributions to build a Hall in Honolulu, 
Oahu, Sandwich Islands, and also a communication in reference to the 
case of P. G. S. Wildey, will be submitted to you by the Grand Cor. 
and Rec. Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

The following are among the decisions made on inquiries submitted: 

“That it shall be the duty of the scribe of each Encampment to fur- 
nish to the Secretary of each Subordinate Lodge a list of the members 
of said Lodges, who are also members of such Encampment.” | 

“In case a brother has neglected to pay his dues for such a length of 
time as to be debarred by the rules of his own Subordinate Lodge from 
drawing benefits while sick, he cannot be permitted while he continues 
sick to come in and pay his dues, so as to entitle himself to benefits.” 

This, by analogy, is presumed to apply also to members of Subordi- 
nate Encampments. 

“That it is as imperative upon all Grand and Subordinate Lodges 
and Encampments, to furnish the officers of their respective Lodges 
and Hncampments with the jewels appertaining to their rank and sta- 
tion, as laid down in the work of the Order, as it is for members there- 
of to be clothed in suitable regalia.” 

“The necessities of the case may sometimes require a C. P. or N. 
G. to install his successor; he is therefore competent to do so in the 
absence of the Grand Master or his deputy, and of all Past Grands.” 


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“That the officers of Subordinates are merely the executive agents of 
those bodies, and should have no power to use the seal, ‘unless so or- 
dered by the Subordinates, or in accordance with the positive enact- 
ments of the several Grand Bodies under whose jurisdiction they work.” 

Several propositions restricting the privileges of P. G. Sires were of- 
fered and rejected. Others will come up for action at the next session. 

A proposition to consider the propriety of establishing a college was 
indefinitely postponed. 

In relation to Funeral Regalia, the following was adopted: 

“Resolved, That the regalia prescribed by the Order, as Odd Fel- 
low’s regalia, may be worn instead of, or in conjunction with, the 
funeral regalia prescribed by the laws of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, as the respective State Grand Lodges and Encampments may 
determine.” ‘unaeie 

Your Constitution was presented and approved without amendment, 
though at a subsequent period of the session, the following words, which 
appear in Sec. 6 of Art. 3, viz: “and there faithfully represent the in- 
terests and wishes of this Grand Encampment,” were stricken from the 
Constitution of the Grand Encampment of the State of Michigan. 

The State of New York sent two sets of Representatives. On mo- 
tion the whole matter in controversy was referred to a committe of five 
selected by ballot, one result of whose investigation was a majority and 
minority report, the former of which was adopted, and those known as 
the “old Constitution” Representatives, admitted to their seats on the 
last day of the session. ‘This decision was protested against by sixteen 
members, representing fifteen Grand Bodies. A proposition to remove 
the Grand Lodge to Cincinnati was negatived by a vote of 45 to 30. 

Your Representative had placed in his possession, a handsomely 
hound volume of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts 
from 1823 to 2846, to be presented to this Body; and he now takes 
pleasure in executing the commission entrusted to him, which he does 
by offering the work for your acceptance. 

Respectfully submitted, | I. DISOSWAY. 

Newsern, May, 1849. 


On motion, it was agreed that the unwritten work of 
the Order be taken up on to-morrow. | , 
_~.C. P. Hardenbergh offered the following Resolu- 
tions, which were adopted: : 
Resolved, 'That the thanks of this Grand body are due and are here- 


by tendered to our R. W. Grand Representative in the Grand Lodge 


of the United States, I. Disosway, for his Report of the Proceedings 
of that Grand body. 


Resolved further, That the example set by him in making a detailed 
written or printed Report, is worthy of the imitation of his successors. 

The Committee on Grievances submitted the follow- 
ing Report, which was received, and the recommenda- 
tion adopted: 


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To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: | 
The Committee on Grievances, to whom was referred so much of 
the Report of the G. P. as refers to the change of time of meeting of 
Calumet Encampment, No. 4, recommend that the action of the G. P. 
be confirmed. 
I. DISOSWAY, 
O. W. TELFAIR, commie. 
E. YARBOROUGH, 


P. H. P. Wm. D. Cooke offered the following Resolu- 
tion, which was adopted: 
Resolved, That the Committee on the subject of a Constitution and 


Bye-Laws for Subordinate Encampments, be instructed to report at the 
present sessions of the Grand Encampment, if practicable. 


The Committee on Correspondence submitted the fol- 
lowing Report, which was received: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee of Correspondence beg leave to report, that they 
have examined the correspondence of the R. W. Grand Patriarch, and 
find nothing therein for the action of this Grand body. 

BENJ. F. HANKS, 
O. W. TELFAIR, {commits 
R. H. WORTHINGTON, 


P. G. P. Disosway moved that nominations be made 
for Officers for the ensuing year, which was agreed to; 
when 

P. G. P. Disosway nominated P. C. P. Ben}. F. Hanks 
for-G. P.; and.P. C. P. Hanks nominated..P. C. P. Har- 
denbergh, for same office. 

For G. H. P—P. H. P. Telfair nominated P. C. P. 
Rey. A. Paul Repiton. 

For G. S. W.—P.G -P. Disosway nominated P. H. P. 
Cooke. 

For G. S—P. G. P. Disosway nominated P. C. P. 
Newby. 

For G. T.—P. C. P. Hardenbergh nominated P. C. P. 
Yarborough. 

For G. J. W.—P.C. P. Hanks nominated P. H. P. Tel- 


fair. 
‘The Committee on Resniris from Sibeadieate in- 


campments submitted the following Report, which was 
received: 


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To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Returns from Subordinate Encampments have 
examined the Reports from the following Encampments, and find them 
correct: 

Pamlico Encampment has thirty contributing members and a reve- 
nue of $255 10, Bain Encampment has fifteen contributing members 
—amount of revenue $30. Campbell Encampment reports sixty-five 
contributing members, with a revenue of $213 48; And Pine Encamp- 
ment has fifteen contributing members, with a revenue of $26 25. 

Calumet and Raleigh Encampments have only furnished their Re- 
ports from the first of July 1848 up to the 31st of December last. The 
first reports twenty-five contributing members, with a revenue of $3; 
and the latter thirty-six contributing members, and a revenue of $107 75. 
The Representatives from these Encampments state that the Reports 
for the first six months were sent to the Grand Scribe, and therefore 
mus: have miscarried, 

Respectfully sulmitted, 
W. H. McKEE, 
BENJ. F. HANKS, $ Committee. 
Kk. YARBOROUGH, 


P.C.P. McKee offered the following resolution, which 
was adopted; 

Resolved, as the sense of this body, that this Grand Encampment is 
bound to pay all the necessary travelling and incidental expenses of its 
Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States. 


P. H. P, Cooke offered the following Preamble and 
Resolution, which was adopted: 


Whereas, it appears to the satisfaction of this Grand Encampment 
that there are a sufficient number of Scarlet members of Muchuena 
Lodge, No, 20, 1. OQ. O. F., in the town of Warrenton, to form a Sub. 
ordinate Encampment, and that it is their. desire so to do; but as there 
are no Encampment members ip that Lodge, and it would be attended 
with considerable expense for a sufficient number of Scarlet members 
to join another Encampment to qualify then for petitioning for an En. 
campment in that town: Be it therefore | 

ae That whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the 
G. P. that there are a sufficient number of Searlet members ready to 
form an Encampment, he shall be authorized, either by himself or by 
Deputy, to establish such Encampment, by conferring the Degrees in- 
formally. 

The Select-«Committee to whom was referred the sub- 
ject of conferring Encampment Degrees on Scarlet mem- 
bers from other ‘States, submitted the followi ing Report, 


which was received and laid on the table: 


fo the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: | 
‘The Committee to whom was referred that portion of the @. P’s Re~ 


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port relative to the admission to membership in Encampments under 
this jurisdiction of Scarlet Degree members holding membership in 
other States, respectfully beg leave to submit the following Resolutions: 

Resolved, That this Grand Encampment approve of the action of the 
G. P. in the case submitted by him. 

Resolved, That for the future, we deem it inexpedient to admit Scar- 
Jet members to membership in our Encampments while they still hold 
membership in Subordinate Lodges in other States, 

Wi S.G.,. ANDREWS, 
R. H. WORTHINGTO xt Committee. 
S. G. SMITH, 


On motion, ‘the Grand Encampment adjourned to 8 
o’clock to-morrow morning. 


Tuurspay Morning, 9 o’ciocK. 


The Grand Encampment met according to adjourn- 
ment—The G. P., the other Officers, and a ‘legal number 
of qualified Patriarchs being present. ) 

‘he Minutes of yesterday were read and appr Rasta 

P.C. P. Repiton offered the followi ing Resolution, which 
was adopted: 

Resolved, 'That this Grand Encampment purchase the Jewel of office 
from the Past Grand Treasurer, and the same be held as the property 
of this Grand body, to be worn successively by the Officers filling that 
station. 

The Committee to whom was referred the subject of 
forming a Constitution and Bye-Laws for the govern- 
ment of Subordinate Encampments, submitted a Report, 
which, on motion, was received and laid on the table. 

‘The unwritten work of the Order was then taken up, 
aud some time was spent in receiving instruction thereim 
from the M. W. G. P. 

On motion, it was agreed to go imto the election of 
Officers for the ensuing year, and P. C. P. Worthington 
and P. H. P. Smith were appointed Tellers. 

P. G. P. Disosway withdrew the name of P. C. P. Hanks 
for G. P.; and P. C. P. Repiton nominated P. C. P. Bus- 
bee, of Raleigh Encampment, for G. H. P.; and P. H. P. 
Andrews nominated P. H. P. Smith for G. Ss. W. 


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Ballotings were then had, and the following Officers 
were declared elected: 


P.C. P. Txos. H. Harprnseren, of Pamlico Encamp- 
ment, No. 6, M. W. Grand Patriarch. 

P.C.P. Perrin Busser, of Raleigh Encampment, No. 
0, M. E. Grand High Priest. 

P. H. P. Samuret G. Surru, of Pine Encampment, No. 
3, R. W. Grand Senior Warden. 

p.c.P. J. B. Newsy, of Pine Encampment, No. 3, R. 
W. Grand Scribe. 

P. C. P. Enwarp Yarporoven, of Raleigh Encamp- 
ment, No. 5, R. W. Grand Treasurer. 

P. H. P.O. W. Tetrarr, of Pamlico Encampment, 
No. 6, R. W. Grand Junior Warden. 


On motion, the Grand Encampment adjourned to 9 
o’clock to-morrow morning. 


FripAy Mornine, 9 o’cLock. 


The Grand Encampment met according to adjourn- 
ment—The G. P. and other Officers and a ‘legal number 
of qualified members being in attendance. 

Opened with prayer by the G. H. P. 

The minutes of yesterday were read and approved. 

A certificate was presented from Calumet Encamp- 
ment, No. 4, stating that J.C. Justice was a regular P. 
C. P. in that Encampment. The certificate was re- 
ceived, and P. C. P. Justice coming forward, was duly 
qualified and took his seat. 

P. C. P. Justice was appomted on the Committee of 
Finance in the place of P. G. P. Disosway. 

On motion of P. C. P. Hardenbergh, the Report of the 
Committee on Constitution and Bye-Laws was taken up, 
and the Preamble and several Sections being read, were 
amended and adopted, in the following form: [See Ap- 
pendix. | 


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P. H. P. isaac N. Proctor, of Raleigh Encampment, 
appeared, was qualified, and took his seat. 

P. C. P. Repiton offered the following Resolution, 
which was adopted: 

Resolved, ‘That each Encampment within this jurisdiction be allowed 
to have not more than six books for their use, which shall be furnished 
by the Grand Encampment free of charge. 

On motion, agreed to Install the Officers, when 

The M. W. G. P. proceeded to Install his successor, 
who, on taking the Chair, Installed into their respective 
offices the Officers elected for the ensuing year. 

The M. W. G. P. then appointed and Installed P. H. 
P. Isaac N. Proctor, of Raleigh Encampment, No. 6, as 
W. Grand Sentinel. 

P. C. P. Repiton offered the following Resolution, 
which was unanimously adopted: 

_ Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Encampment are due, and 
are hereby tendered, to P. G. P. John C. Wood, for the able and dig- 
nified manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office. 

The Committee of Finance submitted the following 
Report, which was received and adopted: 

To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee of Finance respectfully report, that they have ex- 

amined the accounts of the Grand ‘Treasurer, and find that he has on 





hand a balance of . - . . . . $38 80 
Received from Calumet Encampment, — - - 30 

‘* Bain Encampment, - . . 3 00 

be ‘© Pine Encampment, - - - 2 623 

$44 724 


Your Committee also report the following bills now standing against 
this Grand Encampment, which are correct: 





Due Grand Lodge of U. States, = 3 ¢ $14 00 
ADS) EA Ge Ea acs Wi@dR wie 3 . “ 52 15) 
«© J. Disosway, Gr. Rep. (batinoe) : : 9 50 
J.D. Gardner, = P ‘ : 4 50 
$80 15 


Leaving a balance due by this Encampment, over and above the 
funds now in the hands of the Grand Treasurer, of $35 424. 

To pay off this balance, your Committee suggest that. the Grand 
Treasurer be authorized to berrow from the Giand Lodge of North 
Carolina the sum of Seventy-five Dollars. 

J. CICERO JUSTICE, - 
W. D. COOKE. 


On motion, adjourned to meet at the call of the G, P. 


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SarurDAY Mornine, 11 o’chock. 


The Grand Encampment met at the call of the G. P., 
and was duly opened—The G. P., the other Officers, and 
a legal number of qualified Patriarchs being present. 

‘The Minutes of yesterday were read and approved. 

P. C. P. Repiton moved, that inasmuch as the Raleigh 
Encampment had made no Report and paid no Dues, 
the Scribe of that Encampment be directed to make out 
his Returns and pay his Dues to the Grand Treasurer. 
Which motion was adopted. 

P. G. P. Wood offered the following Resolution, which 
was adopted: 

Resolved, That the Scribe of each Subordinate Encampment be re- 


quired to retain a duplicate of their semi-annual Reports to this Grand 
Encampment. 


_ P.C.P. Newby offered the following Resolution, which 
was adopted: 
Resolved, That the G. P. appoint an Installing Officer for each Su- 
bordinate Encampment, whose duty shall be to see that the Reports 
are correctly made out and the Dues paid to him,—and he shall not 
Install the newly elected Officers until such returns are made. And 
that he make report to the Grand Scribe. 

P.C. P. McKee offered the following Resolution, which 
was adopted: | 

Resolved, That the Regalia to be worn by all Patriarchs attending 
the funeral of a deceased Brother shall he—A black crape rosette, hav- 
ing a centre of the color of the highest degree to which the wearer may 
have attained, to be worn on the left breast; above it a sprig of ever- 
green, and below it (if the wearer be an officer or past officer,) the 
jewel or jewels, which as such he may be entitled to wear. 


P. C. P. McKee also offered the following, which was 
adopted: | 

Resolved, That the Grand Scribe be authorized to have two hundred 
copies of the Proceedings of ‘this Grand Encampment published at as 
cheap a rate as may be convenient, and distribute the same among the 
Subordinates as soon as practicable. 

On motion, the Grand Encampment adjourned to the 
time of the next Annual Communication of the Grand 
Lodge. 

Closed with prayer by P. C. P. Rev. A. Paul Repiton. 


J. B. NEWBY, Grand Scribe. 


APPENDIX. 


GHNERAL LAWS, 
#or the Govermntent of Subordinate Encampments; 


Vnder the jurisdiction of the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina. 


PREAMBLE. 


For the purpose of ensuring uniformity in the Patriarchal Order 
Within this jurisdiction, The Grand Encampment of the State of North 
Carolina, the supreme tribunal of all Encampments of Patriarchs with- 
in its limits, without whose sanction and control no Encampment can 
exist, Ordains the following Articles as the Constitution of the Subor- 
dinate Encampments of Patriarchs: 


ARTICLE FIRST. 


This Encampment shall be constituted by at least seven members of 
the R. P. D., and shall be hailed and entitled ~—+ Encampment of 
Patriarchs, No. —, I. O. of O. F., State of N. C., and shall possess the 
full powers and privileges of a Subordinate Encampment, holding a le- 
gal, unreclaimed, and valid charter, duly granted, and formally present- 
ed by the Grand Encampment of the State of North Carolina. 


ARTICLE SECOND. 


Snetion 1.—Admissions, &§c. 


Cravsn 1.—No person shall be admitted into this Encampment who 
is not a scarlet degree member of a Subordinate Lodge under the juris- 
diction of the Grand Lodge of N. C., nor for a less sum than twelve 
dollars, (except a minister of the Gospel in charge of a Congregation, ) 
which shall include all the degrees. 

Crausz 2.—Applicants for membership must apply in writing at a 
regular meéting, or some special meeting called for that purpose, pro- 
vided each resident Patriarch have notice of the application; and the 
applicant shall be clear of the books of the Subordinate Lodge. ‘The 
candidate may be immediately balloted for, if no objection is made; but 
if objection is made, it shall lie over until the next regular meeting: and 
it shall require a unanimous vote to admit. ai 

Cuause 3.—A Patriarch of the Order wishing to become a member, 


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shall present his card from the Encampment of which he was formerly 
a member, which shall be referred to a Committee of three, and in 
other respects disposed of as provided for by clause 2, for other appli- 
cants; and on being admitted shall pay a sum not less than three dollars. 

Cuause 4.—A Patriarch cannot retain his membership in an En- 
campment in this jurisdiction when holding a card of withdrawal from 
a Subordinate Lodge. 

Cuause 5.—When a candidate has been rejected, notice thereof 
shall be sent without delay, to all the Encampments in this State. 


Section 2.—Contributions and Benefits. 


Craust 1.—The regular contributions to the Encampment fund shall 
not be less than three dollars per year, to be determined by the Bye- 
Laws; and the Encampment shall suspend all members who neglect or 
refuse payment of the sums so determined, for twelve months. 

Criause 2.—It shall be optional with this Encampment to pay bene- 
fits to its members; but when any is paid, it shall be such amount as 
shall have been fixed in the Bye-Laws, and to. Patriarchs who are not 
indebted to the Encampment over the amount of six months dues. 

Cxiavuse 3.—In case of the death of a Patriarch who shall be qualift- 
ed as provided in clause 2, there may be allowed from the Encamp- 
ment, a sum not less than twenty dollars, to defray the expense of 
burial, which shall be paid over without delay to the deceased brother’s 
nearest of kin. ‘The C. P. in the absence of competent relations, shal! 
assist in taking charge of the funeral, and receive account of the dis- 
bursements. 


Section 3.—Penalties and Trials. 


Cuiause 1,—Any Patriarch who shall violate any of the principles of 
the Order, or offend against these articles, or the Bye-Laws, shall be 
subject to be fined, suspended or expelled, as the Bye-Laws may direct, 
ancient usage require, or the Encampment determine. 

Ciausr 2.—Every member shall be entitled to a fair trial for any 
offence involving suspension or expulsion; but no member of this En- 
campment shall be put upon trial, unless charges duly specifying his of 
fence be submitted to the Encampment in writing, by one or more 
brothers of the Order, except when made liable by non-payment to the 
Encampment, or when suspended or expelled by the Lodge of which 
he is a member. 

Cuiause 3.—When charges have been preferred against a Patriarch, 
as prescribed in clause 2, or any matters of grievance between Patri- 
archs be brought before the Encampment, they shall be referred to a 
special Committee of five members; and they shall, with as little delay 
as the case will admit, summon the parties, and examine and determine 
the matter in question; and if not involving the expulsion or suspension 
of a member, or no appeal be taken from their decision to the Encamp- 
ment, it shall be final without further action of the Encampment.— 
Should the Committee be convinced of the necessity of suspending or 
expelling a member, they shall submit a motion for the purpose, to the 
Encampment for action. | 


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Curauss 4.—When a motion for the expulsion or suspension of a Pa- 
triarch shall have been submitted in due form, it shall be announced at 
the regular monthly session when submitted, and made the special or- 
der of business for the next regular monthly session; and the accused 
shall be summoned to be in attendance at the Encampment, at the time 
when it may have been determined to consider the question; at which 
time, whether the implicated Patriarch be present or not, the Encamp. 
ment may proceed to consider and determine it; two-thirds of the mem. 
bers present voting in favor of the motion, it shall be carried; and the 
Encampment shall be fully competent, while such motion is under con- 
sideration, to vary the penalty from the original motion. 

Cuause 5.—When the decision of a Committee appointed under 
clause 3, for the adjustment of grievances, shall not be satisfactory to 
all parties, either of those interested shall have the privilege of appeal 
to the Encampment; and at the time appointed for trying the appeal, 
the Committee shall present to the Eneampment in writing, the grounds 
on which their decision was founded, and the parties shall have the 
privilege of being heard, before the Encampment; and the Encampment 
shall determine the correctness of the decision of the Committee, by a 
majority of votes present. 

Crause 6.—Any Patriarch feeling aggrieved by the decision of the 
Encampment against him, is entitled to an appeal to the Grand En- 
campment for a new trial: if informality or want of fairness be shown 
onthe former trial, on the command of the Grand Encampment, the 
Patriarch may be tried anew for the same offence. 

Criause 7.—Any Patriarch having been suspended or expelled, notice 
thereof shall be sent to all the Encampments within the State; and a 
Patriarch who has been legally expelled, shall not again be admitted 
to membership without the consent of the Grand Encampment. 


ARTICLE THIRD. 


Or OFFICERS. 
Sxction 1.—Elective and Appointed Officers. 


Cuiatsm 1.—The elective Officers of the Encampment shall consist 
Of de COLL: te by et We Scribe, Treasurer, and J. W., who shall 
serve a regular (aid each, 

eae ausE 2.—The appointed Officers shall be a S., Ist W., 2d W., 3d 
’., 4th W., Ist G. of T.,.2d G. of T., who shall serve a regular term 
atk ; 


Section 2.—Duties of Officers. 


The duties of the various Officers shall be as laid down in the charges 
of their Office, and as specified by these articles, and the Bye-Laws of 
the Encampment. 


Section 3.—Elections, &c. 
Cravusr 1.—No Patriarch shall be eligible for C. P. unles¢he shall 
have been elected to, and discharged the duties of H. P., nor for H. P. 
unless he has been elected to and discharged the duties ‘of some other 


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elective Office; nor shall any Patriarch be eligible to the other elective 
Offices, until he has been appointed to, and discharged the duties of 
some appointed office. And all Officers shall be eligible for re-election 
except the C. P. and H. P., who shall not be when any qualified Pa- 
triarchs are in nomination, until one term after passing the chairs re- 
spectively. And a majority of all the valid votes shall be necessary to 
election. 

Ciause 2.—The first Officers of a newly instituted Encampment 
shall not be subject to the provisions of the preceding clause. 

Cravse 3.—The nomination and election of the elective Officers 
shall take place at the last regular monthly session ineach term. And 
the installation of the Officers shall take place at the first regular 
monthly session in the succeeding one. 

Ciause 4.—Any Officer absenting himself for more than three suc- 
cessive sessions, his seat may be declared vacant hy a vote of the En- 
campment. And all vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the for- 
mer selection, to serve the residue of the term; and Officers so serving 
shall be entitled to the full honors of the term.» 


ARTICLE FOURTH. 


Sessions, Terms, Rerurns, &c. 
Section 1.—/Sessions. 


Criavsr 1.—The first regular,sessions held in each month shall be 
styled the “Regular Monthly Sessions;” those succeeding shall be 
styled the “Regular Adjourned Sessions.” 

CiausE 2.—Seven Patriarchs shall constitute a quorum for business; 
which shall be transacted in the R. P. D. 


SECTION 2.—Terms. 


Regular semi-annual terms, consisting of two regular sessions in 
each month, shall commence on the first regular sessions of July and 
January only; and all terms shall end on the day on which the succeed- 
ing ones commence. 


SecrTion 3.—Relurns. 


Ciavse 1.—It shall be the duty of the last past Officers to prepare 
and forward to the Grand Encampment, immediately on the installation 
of the Officers, the result of the elections, and a regular report of the 
work of the term, including the names of those initiated, advanced and 
exalted—admitted by card—rejected—withrawn by card—suspended or 
expelled, and the cause thereof—reinstated and deceased—the whole 
number in membership—-the amount of receipts—accompanied by 
whatever amount may be due the Grand Encampment, 

Criavsr 2.—It shall be the duty of the Encampment, also to forward 
to the Grand Encampment, in like manner, up to the first day of Janu- 
ary, annually, a full return of the members of the Encampment ranked 
according to the degrees attained, and a statement of the number of 
Patriarchs relieved by the Encampment in the past year; the number 
of Patriarchs buried—with the amount of money applied to each of 
those purposes-—designating the amount paid for educating orphans, 


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Srection 4.—Forfeiure of Charter. 


Should this Encampment fail to make its returns as required by the 
3d section of this Article, for two Regular Sessions of the Grand En- 
campment, it shall thereby forfeit its Charter and become extinct, and it 
shall become the duty of the last installed Officers to transmit or sur- 
render to the Grand Patriarch, (or such other Patriarch as may be ap- 
pointed to receive them,) the Charter, books, papers, furniture and 
funds of the Encampment. 


ARTICLE FIFTH. 


DEGREES. 


Every Patriarch shall be eligible for degrees immediately on being 
initiated, but not more than two degrees shall be conferred on a Patri- 
arch at the same session, unless the most urgent necessity be proved. 


ARTICLE SIXTH. 
Or AMENDMENTS, &c. 


Secrion 1.—Amendments. 


Criausz 1.—When doubts arise of the true meaning of any part of 
these Articles, it shall be determined by the Grand Encampment. 

Cuiausk 2.—These Articles, nor any part thereof, shall not be alter- 
ed, amended, suspended or annulled, except on motion made in Grand 
Encampment. 


Sxecrion 2.—Bye-Laws. 


This Encampment shall stand fully invested with power to adopt 
such Bye-Laws and resolutions from time to time, as may be deemed 
expedient, provided they do not in any wise contravene any part of 
these Articles, the laws and constitution of the Grand Encampment, or 
the principles of the Order. 


NAMES OF CONTRIBUTING PATRIARGHS. 
CAMPBELL ENCAMPMENT, No. 1. 


W.S. G. Andrews, P. H. P. Alex’r McRae, Sr., P. C. P. 
W.E. Anderson, P. C. P. John McRae, Sr. 

Jethro Ballard, P. C. P. John McRae, Jr., P. C. P. 
Jesse Bowden. Jas. T. Miller. 

Alfred Bryant, P. C. P. Andrew McLane. 

W. A. Burr. D. McMillan. 

Horace Burr. L. Meginney. 

Taleot Burr, Jr. W.R. Musgrave. 

I. M. Barnum. Alex’r McRae, Jr. 


E. J. Bernard. o A. F. Newkirk. 


me 

Benj. B. Bates. S. P. Polley. 
John Campbell, P. C. P. Gilbert Potter, Jr. 
David Cashwell. Cyrus Packard. 
John Christian. H. R. Perrin. 
A. B. Chesnutt. A. Paul Repiton,-P. C, P. 
O. M. Chesnutt. A. B. Rothwell. 
John H. Dall. Richard Simpson. 
QO. L. Fillyaw. Wm. Shaw. 
JD? Gardner,’ Pe CaP, Wm. Sutton. 
heb Guess, “PAH. wR: W. L. Smith. 
Thos. M. elaeki (tg el io Ki. H. Stephens. 
‘Thos. H. Howey, P. C. P. Abram Sherwood. 
L. A. Hart. B. Sherman. 
W. C. Howard, P.-C. P. R. 8S. Thomas. 
A. A. Hartsfield. W. Hz. Taylor. 
Max’! Huston. ‘ B. W. Vick. 
David Jones. Wm. Ware. 
W.B. Jones, P. C. P. JnonCa Wood) Py CrP. 
Geo. H. Kelly. S. D. Wallace. 
M. London. J. B. Wright. 
Robt. Lindsey. L. C. Wheat. 
D. A. Lamont. Ezra R. Wood. 

BAIN ENCAMPMENT, No. 2 
R. H. Worthington, P. C. P. Daniel Valentine. 
Te Jo Deans, Pee. de Weigle 
I. M. Capehart. L. T. Spires. 
R.S. Parker. J.-H. Lassiter. 
P.S. Williams. Alexander Brett. 
Ely Carter. Edwin Harrison. 
B. A. Spires. J. W. Hutchings, 


BY Grader, "PSC. P} 


PINE ENCAMPMENT, No. 3. 


1..Duncan G, Mac Rae, P. C. P. 4. Robt. Strange, Jr., P. C. P. 
2. Warren Winslow, P. C. P. 1. James G. Cook, P. H. P. 


Bu Ne WD Y. ©, Al, oP. 2. Sam’ LG. Smith, Pon. P. 
Arch’d McLean. Robt. W. Hardie. 

John Shaw. G. A. Schwarzman. 

Arch’d A. T. Smith. Benj. I. Atkins. 

Wm. W. Briggs. John McLaurin. 


Sam’! W. Tillinghast. 
CALUMET ENCAMPMENT, No. 4. 


I. Disosway, P. C. P. KE. Hanks. 
Je amice,-PXOME. W. H. Harvey. 
J. N. Washington, P. C. P. J. R. Justice. 


Walter Duffy, P. C. P. A. C. Blount. 


R. W. Choate, P..C. P. 


O. Hanks. 

J. Hutchinson. 
T. C. Wallace. 
E. Ferguson. 
E. J. White. 
J. CmCoart. 

J. Charlotte. 
J. M. Oliver. 


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H. McCormick. 
S. W. Wallace. 
B. M. Cook. 

R. F. Green. 
J. Hancock. 

J. C. Bryan. 

J. F. Jones. 

J. D. Hines. 


RALEIGH ENCAMPMENT, No. 5. 


Perrin Bushee, P. C. P. 
Edward Yarborough, P. C. P. 
Win.) Cook, Py CP. 

Wm. H. McKee, P. C. P. 


W. R. Scott. 

R. B. Haywood. 
2. Me Oliver. 
J. D. Royster. 
J. H. Manly. 

J. N.. Proctor. 
J. Waltering. 


R. W. Haywood. 


. Sion Rogers. 


w ni W. D. Haywood. 


i C. B. Root. 
W. H. Watson. 
H. H. Hobbs. 
David Hinton. 


S. N. Stowe. 
Augustus Burton. 
J. H. Brodie. 

O, L. Burch. 
J.B. Littlejohn. 
W. L. 'Varry. 

J bc Oorasn, 

G. W. Hawkins. 
W.H. Tucker. 
W. W. Holden. 
H. Walstenholm. 
P. F. Pescud. 

J. W. Watson. 
C. Grimme. 

A. B. Brantley. 
J. R. ‘Thompson. 
J. G. Williams. 
D. K. McRae. 


PAMLICO ENCAMPMENT, No. 6. 


By beans, Po CPs 
'T. H. Hardenbergh, P. C. P. 


G. H. Brown. 
R. L. Myers. 
O. W. Telfair. 
Porta Dy ler. 
W. B. Rodman, 
WwW. B. Myers. 
N. W. Cook. 
T. D. Smaw. 
H. G. Snell. 


M. A. Robinson. 


H. Dimock. 


N. H. D. Wilson. 


H. A. Ellison. 


B. Midyett. 

Ree eed blount. 
G. Hoyt. 

J. J. Norcott. 

F. B. Satterthwaite. 
}). Reid. 

G. R. Dixon. 

J. E. Jones. 

H. Hodges. 

W. T. Pake. 

LL. H. Royster. 

Jas. L. Fowle. 

Jno. G. Williams. 
Geo. Jno. Musgrave. 
John McGowen. 


#bstract of the Reports of Subordinate Encampmenits, 
FROM JANUARY 1, 1848, TO DECEMBER 31, 1848. 





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RALEIGH, Wepnespay, May 14, 1851. 


The R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina convened 
this day at 9 o’clock A. M., in the Hall of Manteo Lodge, No. 8. 

The Roll being called, the following Officers and Members 
were found to be present, viz: 


Rev. A. Paut Rerrron, M. W. Grand Patriarch. 

O. W. Terra, M. E. Grand High Priest. 

Tuos. M. Garpner, R. W. Grand Senior Warden. 
J. B. Newsy, R. W. Grand Scribe. 


And P. G. P. Thomas H. Hardenbergh, of Pamlico Encamp- 
ment, No. 6; and P. C. P’s J. Cicero Justice, of Calumet En- 
campment, Ne 4; Isaac Proctor, of Raleigh Encampment, No. 
5; and Julius Wilcox, of Warren Encampment, No. 7. 


Patriarch Proctor was appointed Grand Treasurer, pro te7n.; 
Patriarch Justice, Grand Junior Warden, pro tem.; Patriarch 
Hardenbergh, Grand Sentinel, pro tem. 

After prayer by the Grand Patriarch, the Grand Encamp- 
ment was opened in due form, and declared ready for the trans- 
action of business. 

The Grand Scribe commenced reading the Proceedings of 
the last Annual Communication, when, on motion, the further 
reading was dispensed with, and a printed copy furnished each 
member. 

The M. W. Grand Patriarch appointed the toHowng. Stand- 
ing Committee: | 

Committee on Elections and Returns.—Patriarchs Hardenbergh, Justice and 
Wilcox. 

Certificates of Representation being presented, were referred 
to the abovenamed Committee, who, after examination, sub- 
mitted the following Report: 


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To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Elections and Returns beg leave to report, that the follow- 
ing named Patriarchs have presented Certificates in due form, and properly au- 
thenticated, that they have served the regular term in the office designated oppo- 
site the name of each, and are entitled to seats in this R. W. Body: | 

P. H. P. George Lauder, of Pine Encampment, No. 38. 

J. H. P. Thos. Me Sackett eas My as 

P. C. P. Henry L. Ward, of Ward Encampment, No. 9. 

P. H. P. David Parrish, of Warren Encampment, No. 7. 

P. C. P. Wm. H. Clark, of Talula Encampment, No. 8. 

P. C. P. Wm. B. Myers, of Pamlico Encampment, No. 6. 
P. H. P. James E. Morris, of Calumet Encampment, No. 4. 
P,. H. P. Wm. R. Scott, of Raleigh Encampment, No. 5. 

Your Committee report further, that the following Patriarchs have produced 
Certificates of Election as Representatives to the present Communicetion of the 
Grand Encampment: 

HH, P. Wm. R. Scott, of Raleigh Encampment, No. 5. 

C. P. Wm. H. Clark, of Talula Encampment, No. 8. 

C. P. Duncan G. MacRae, of Pine Encampment, No. 3. 

. C, P. Julius Wilcox, of Warren Encampment, No. 7. 

C’. P. Wm. B. Myers, of Pamlico Encampment, No. 6. 

C. P. J. C. Justice, of Calumet Encampment, No. 4. 

H, P, Maxwell Huston, of Campbell Encampment, No. 1. 

C. P. Henry L. Ward, of Ward Encampment, No. 9. 
Respectfully submitted. 


BS UE ew oS 


T. H. HARDENBERGH. 
J. CICERO JUSTICE. 
JULIUS WILCOX. 


The above Report was concurred in, and the following named 
Patriarchs being introduced, received the G. E. D., and took 
seats as members of the Grand Encampment, viz: P. C. P’s 
‘Ward, Clark, and Myers, and P. H. P’s Sackett, Morris, Par- 
rish, Scott, Lauder, and Huston. 


The M. W. Grand Patriarch read his Annual Report, as fol- 
lows: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

In accordance with the requirements of the Constitution, and the example of 
those who have preceded me, I herewith submit a statement of all that has trans- 
pired during the period of my incumbency in office. 

It would have been a source of gratification, at least to me, if I could have in- 
formed you of great prosperity in the Encampment branch of the Order under 
this jurisdiction. Such, however, is not the case. . 

On the 26th of May 1850, I received a communication from Bro. Sloan and 
others, of Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21, Greensborough, relative to the organiza- 
tion of an Encampment of Patriarchs in that place. While I felt a desire to 


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have the wishes of these Brethren gratified, yet it was impossible for me to do it 
without violating an express law of the Grand Lodge of the United States. I 
wrote, however, stating the difficulties, and informing them of a resolution passed 
at our last session instructing our Grand Representative to pray an alteration at 
least favorable to us in this State. Their letter you will find among the corre- 
spondence. 

Owing to the fact that we had no Representative in attendance at the last 
Session of the Grand Lodge of the United States, and no document of the Pro- 
ceedings of that body having been received by me, I am unable to say any thing 
relative to what may have transpired in general, or that may demand your con- 
sideration. 

[ have drawn on the Grand Treasurer, through our Grand Scribe, for the 
amount of Assessment, $11 43%, and the Representative Tax, $20,—in all 
S51 433,—requesting our worthy Grand Scribe to forward the same. I also 
drew on the Grand Treasurer for $50 in favor of the Grand Scribe, as per the 
resolution offered by P. C. P. W. H. McKee,—page 17, Proceedings of the last 
Session of your Grand Body. 

In January last, I received information from the Grand Scribe of the removal 
out of the State of our Grand Treasurer, P. C. P. Samuel G. Smith, accompa- 
nied with a recommendation to supply his place, which I did by appointing 
P. C. P. Arch’d McLean, of Pine Encampment, to fill the vacancy during the 
remainder of the Term,—and instructed him to make a report of his official 
transactions to you in Raleigh, on the 2d Wednesday in May 1851. 

. In March last, I received a petition from Calumet Encampment, No. 4, pray- 
ing a Dispensation to change their time of meeting from Saturday to Thursday, 
which was granted. 

I hope my official doings will meet with your approbation. 

It is with regret I have to inform you of the withdrawal of P. G. P. I. Disosway 
from the Order, and consequently from the Grand Encampment. He was one of 
the first to be elevated to the highest post in our councils, and we had hoped 
long to have enjoyed the benefit of his researches and experience. And we do 
still hope that he may yet renew his station among us. 

All the documents which have come into my possession are herewith sub- 
mitted. 

And may the ensuing year be crowned with such a host of new organizations, 
that the past discouragements will be entirely forgotten. 

Yours, imei, tioand 1. 
A. PAUL REPITON, Grand Patriarch. 


On motion of Patriarch Hardenbergh, the above Report was 
referred to. a Select Committee, and P. G. P. Hardenbergh, 
P.C. P. Clark, and P. H. P. Huston, were named as said Com- 
mittee. 

The following Standing Committees were appointed: 


Committee of Finance.—Patriarchs Justice, Parrish and Ward. 
Committee on Grievances.—Patriarchs Wilcox, Myers and Morris. 


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Committee on Supervision of Bye-Laws of Subordinates.—Paitriarchs Proctor, 
Huston and Sackett. 

Committee on Encampments not Represented.—Patriarchs Scott, Mac Rae and 
Parrish. 

On Correspondence.—Patriarchs Telfair, Ward and Myers. 


The Select Committee on the Report of the M. W. Grand 
Patriarch submitted the following Report, which was concurred 
in, and the Resolution appended thereto was adopted: 


To the Rk. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee to whom was referred the Report of the M. W. Grand Patriarch 
beg leave to report, that they have carefully examined the documents referred to 
them, and find nothing requiring reference to any Committee,—and recommend 
the adoption ef the Resolution appended to this Report. 

Respectfully submitted. 
T. H. HARDENBERGH, 
W. H. CLARK, 
MAXWELL HUSTON. 

Resolved, That the official acts of the M. W. Grand Patriarch for the past year, 
as stated in his Report, be and they are hereby fully approved and ratified. 


On motion the Grand Encampment adjourned to half-past 3 
o'clock P. M. 


HALF-PAST 3 O’CLOCK P. M. 


The Grand Encampment met according to adjournment. 
Present, the M. W. Grand Patriarch and a legal representation. 

The Minutes of this morning were read and approved. 

P. C. P. Duncan G. Mac Rae, of Pine Encampment, No. 3, 
appeared and took his seat. 

On motion of Patriarch Hardenbergh, it was agreed that the 
first business to-morrow be the nomination for and election of 
Officers. 

Patriarch Hardenbergh moved that a Committee be appoint- 
ed to examine the Proceedings of the last Annual Communi- 
cation, and report the unfinished business contained therein. 

The motion prevailed, and Patriarchs Hardenbergh, McKee 
and Clark, were appointed said Committee. 

The Committee of Finance submitted the following Report, 
which was concurred in: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 
The Committee of Finance respectfully report, that they have examined the 


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aceounts and vouchers of the Grand Scribe and Grand Treasurer; and find them 
correct. 


The Grand Treasurer has received, $303 16 
And has disbursed, according to vouchers, 169 30 
Leaving a balance in his hands of $1338 86 


The following bills have been placed in the hands of the Committee, viz: J. B. 
Newby’s bill for postages and freight, of $2 51; and E. J. Hale’s bill for print- 
ing, &c., of $28 20; which they have examined, and recommend they be paid. 

J. CICERO JUSTICE. 
HENRY L. WARD. 
D. PARRISH. 


The Committee appointed to examine the Proceedings of the 
last Annual Communication submitted the following Report, 
which was concurred in: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee appointed upon the unfinished business of last Session submit 
the following Report: 

On page 17 of last year’s Proceedings is an amendment to the Constitution, 
which lies over until the present Session, and is as follows: 

‘Resolved, That the Constitution of this.Grand Encampment, Article viii, Sec- 
tion 1, be so amended, that hereafter this Grand Encampment shall hold its An-- 
nual Communications on the Monday preceding the second Wednesday in May 
of each year.” 

Also, a resolution directing that a special Committee of three be appointed to 
have a sufficient number of Charters printed for Subordinate Encampments, and 
to report to the present Communication. But it appears that no Committee was 
appointed, 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 
W. H. McKEE. 
T. H. HARDENBERGH: 
W.. HL. CLARK.. 


On motion, the proposed Amendment to the Constitution, 
mentioned in the above Report, was taken up for action, and 
the question. being taken, the Amendment was rejected. 

The Committee on Correspondence submitted. the following 
Report, which was concurred in: 


Po the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee to whom was referred the official latters. and communications 
accompanying the Grand Patriarch’s Report, have examined the same, and beg 
leave to report, that they find the Correspondence of the Grand Patriarch’s de- 
partment correct and satisfactory. And they recommend that the action of the 
Grand Patriarch in relation. to changing the time of meeting of Calumet Encamp-- 


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ment, No. 4, from Saturday to Thursday,—and also the appointment of Patriarcl: 
Arch’d McLean Grand Treasurer, in place of Patriarch Samuel G. Smith, re- 
signed, be confirmed by this Grand Body. 

O. W. TELFAIR. 

W. B. MYERS. 

HENRY L. WARD. 


On motion, the Grand Encampment adjourned to 9 o’clock 
to-morrow morning. | 


Tuurspay Mornine, 9 o’cLocg. 


The Grand Encampment met according to adjournment. 
Present, the Grand Patriarch and a legal representation. 

The Minutes of yesterday afternoon were read and approved. 

The Committee on Elections and Returns submitted the fol- 
lowing Report, which was concurred in: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Elections and Returns beg leave to report, that Returns 
have been received from all the Encampments in this jurisdiction, with the ex- 
ception of Bain Encampment, No. 2, from which no Report has been received, 
and Talula, No. 8, from which no Report has been received for the first Term 
1850. All the Returns are in due form. 

The Committee present herewith an Abstract,* giving a condensed view of the 
condition and work of this branch of the Order. 

Respectfully submitted. 
T. H. HARDENBERGH.. 
J. CICERO JUSTICE. 
J. WILCOX. 


The Election of Officers being in order, nominations were 
made and ballotings had, as follows: (Patriarchs Clark and 
Sackett being appointed Tellers.) 

Lor Grand Patriarch—Patriarch Hardenbergh nominated 
Patriarch Justice; Patriarch Lauder nominated Patriarch Mac- 
Rae. 

On counting the votes, P. C. P. J. Cicmro Justice was de- 
clared duly elected M. W. Grand Patriarch for the ensuing 
year. 

hor Grand High Priest.—Patriarch Proctor nominated Pa- 


* See page 16. 





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triarch Wilcox; Patriarch Telfair nominated Patriarch Gardner; 
Patriarch Wilcox nominated Patriarch Proctor. 

On counting the votes, P. C. P. Jurtus Wincox was declared 
duly elected M. E. Grand High Priest for the ensuing year. 

Lor Grand Senior Warden.—Patriarch Gardner nominated 
Patriarch Clark; Patriarch Proctor nominated Patriarch Ward; 
Patriarch Huston nominated Patriarch Lauder. 

The votes being counted, P. C. P. Henry L. Warp was de- 
clared duly elected R. W. Grand Senior Warden for the ensuing 
year. 

Hor Grand Scribe.—Patriarch Wilcox nominated Patriarch 
Newby; Patriarch Morris nominated Patriarch Gardner. 

P.C. P. J. B. Newsy was declared duly elected R. W. 
Grand Scribe for the ensuing year. 

for Grand Treasuwrer—Patriarch Lauder nominated Pa- 
friarch Sackett; Patriarch Justice nominated Patriarch Myers. 

P. H, P. Tuomas M. Sacwerr was declared duly elected R. 
W. Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year. 

Lor Grand Junior Warden.—Patriarch Morris nominated 
Patriarch Myers; Patriarch Mac Rae nominated Patriarch Clark; 
Patriarch Proctor nominated Patriarch Parrish. 

P. C. P. Wu. H. Ciarx was declared duly elected R. W. 
Grand Junior Warden for the ensuing year. 


The above-named Officers elect were then Installed by M. W. 
Grand Patriarch Rev. A. Paul Repiton. 


The newly elected M. W. Grand Patriarch then proceeded to 
appoint P. ZZ, P. Maxwertt Huston, as Grand Sentinel, and 
the following 


DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND PATRIARCHS: . 
Campbell Encampment, No. 1.—Thos. M. Gardner. 





Bain ae No. ¥.—R. H. Worthington. 
Pine os No. 3.—Dunean G. Mac Rae. 
Ttaleigh ss No. 5.—Isaac Proctor. 
Pamlico 4 No. 6.—Wm. B. Myers. 
Warren ‘i No. fed nlius.Waleox: 
Talula FS MOMS Win. ts Clarks. 


Ward aS No. 9.—Henry L. Ward. 


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Patriarch Mac Rae offered the following Resolution, which 
was mmnanimously adopted: 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Encampment are due and are hereby 
tendered to P. G. P. Rey. A. Paul Repiton, for the able and dignified manner in 
which he has discharged the duties of Grand Patriarch. 

On motion, the Grand Encampment adjourned to Friday 
Afternoon, 3 o’clock. 


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Frmay AFTERNOON, 3 0’CLOCK. 


The Grand Encampment met according to adjournment. 
Present, M. W. Grand Patriarch J. Cieero Justice, and a legal 
representation. 


The Minutes of yesterday were read and approved. 


The Committee on Grievances submitted the following Re- 
port, which was concurred in: 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Grievances are happy in being able to report, that nothing 
has come before them requiring the very least attention;—which fact clearly 
shows that this branch of our beloved Order is in a very harmonious condition. 

J. WILCOX. 
W. B. MYERS. 
J. KE. MORRIS. 


On motion, it was Ordered, that Fifteen Dollars be paid to 
P. G. High Priest Wm. D. Cooke, for printing blank forms of 
Charters. 

The Committee on Bye-Laws of Subordinates submitted the 
following Report, which was concurred in. 


To the R. W. Grand Encampment of North Carolina: 


The Committee on the Supervision of Bye-Laws respectfully report, that no 
business has been brought before them, and they beg to be discharged. 
Fraternally, 


I. PROCTOR. 
M. HUSTON. 
T. M. SACKETT. 
No other business being brought forward, on motion, the 
arand Encampment adjourned to the time and place of meet- 
ing of the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of 
North Carolina. J. B. NEWBY, Grand Scribe. 


NAMES OF CONTRIBUTING PATRIARUHS, 
Up to December 3lst, 1850. 


EEE 


CAMPBELL ENCAMPMENT, No. 1. 


PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 


JETHRO BALLARD. JouN C. Woon. Wo. E. ANDERSON. 
Tnos. H. Howey. Junius D. GARDNER. | THos. M. GARDNER. 
Rey. A. P. Reprron. | W. C. Howarp. Tatcorr Burr, Jr. 
Joun McRag, Jr. Wo. Bb. Jones. T. L. Guzss. - 
PAST HIGH PRIESTS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 


R. S: THOMAS. W. L. Smirr. 
RICHARD SIMPSON. MAXWELL Huston. 


| A. A. HARTSFIELD. 
S. HorrMAan. 
DAVID JONES. 


A. J. McKEennon. 
J. J. McCoLuuM. 
JoHN Nur. 


JESSE BowDEN. 
Wm. A. Burr. 
Horace Burr. 




















J. M. Barnum. Wo. L. JAcoss. SPV PoLuny.. 

B. G. Bares. R. J. JONES. | GILBERT Porter, Jr. 
JOHN CAMPBELL. Gro. H. Key. Cyrnus PACKARD. 
Davin CASHWELL. W. G. KILKELLY. H. R. PERRI. 

A. B. CHESNUTT. | D. A. Lamont. A. B. RorHwetu. 
JOHN J. CONOLEY. | JAMES TT. MILLER. JosEPH B. RUSSELL. 
JOHN CRONE. ANDREW McLANE. Wo. Surron. 

J. R. Coney. | D. McMILnan. EK. H. Srepyens. 

QO. L. Fintyaw. L. MEGINNEY. A. SHERWOOD. 
PatTrRICK FALON. W. BR. MusGRAVE. B. SHERMAN. 

T. F. GAuse. | AtEx’R MoRags, Jr. | L. C. WHEat 

JOHN GRIFFITH. JESSE MULOCK. K. R. Woop 








Levi A. Hart. 


PINE ENCAMPMENT, No. 3. 


PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 


Rop’t STRANGE, Jr. | JoHN SHAW. 
SAMUEL G. SMITH. 


JAMES G. Cook. 


Duncan G. MacRae. 
WARREN WINSLOW. 
J. B. NEwsy. 


PAST HIGH PRIESTS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 
Arcu’p McLEAN. | GrorcEe LAUDER. 


Arcn’p A. T. Smirn. | A. A. McKernan. WALTER L. STEELE. 
toBpT. W. HARDIE. Cuas. LurrerLou. M. L. Doua.Lass. 








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JoHN McLAURIN. Henry B. Sepperry. | Nett B. McKinnon. 
JAMES G. SMITH. Hucu GRAHAM. W.J. PARKER. 
T. M. SACKETT. OLiIveR WHITE. 


CALUMET ENCAMPMENT, No. 4.: 


PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 

J. ©. JUSTICE. WALTER DuFFy. OsstAN HANKs. 

J. N. WASHINGTON. R. W. CHOATE. JoHN C. Coart. 
PAST HIGH PRIESTS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 
JOHN HUTCHINSON. | JamMES E. Morris. 

JOHN CHARLOTTE. JoHN HANDCOOCK. JoHN R. JUSTICE. 

Eviswortau Hanks. | ALEX’R OC. Brount. CuTLeR J. WHITE. 

THos. C. WALLACE. DANIEL W, Gosuee. | Ricn’p F. GREEN. 


Wm. H. Harvey. Wo. F. BAarpour. JESSE L. Hinzs. 
Beny’n M,. Coox. JoHN M. OLIvER. JAMES B. Emery. 


RALEIGH ENCAMPMENT, No. 5. 


PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 





P. BusBee. W. H. McKee. W. D. Haywoop. 
HK. YARBOROUGH, J. Procror. onf, 
W. D. Cooxx. T. M. OLIVER! - 
PAST HIGH PRIESTS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 
J. F. JoRDAN, | W.R. Scorv. 
T. W. DEWEY. W. H. Watson. W. W. Howpen. 
J. G. WILLIAMS, | H. H. Hoss. | W. H. Barnes, 
J. H. Manty. R. W. Haywoop. C. B. Root. 
J. D. Roystrur. S. Rocers. ‘| H. Brown. 
J. WOLTERING. J. KERR. PB, EF. Pesovn. 
D. K.McRag. O. L. Burcr. RR. Ts Herrin: 
S. N. Srow:. | W. Heb Poerar | H. Porter. 
J. R. THompson. G. W. HAWKINS. W. W. AVERY. 
D. Hinton. HH le Oran 
A. B. Brantuy, G. E. B. SINGELTARY. 


PAMLICO ENCAMPMENT, No. 6. 


PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 


Bens’n I’. Hanks. O. W. TELFAIR. N. W. Coox. 
T. H. Harnpensercnu. | H. Druock. 
R. L. Myers. Won. B. Myers. 


PAST HIGH PRIEST. 
GrorRGE H, Brown. 


W APPAR. Henry Hopass. JESSE R. Struprs. 
Wm. B. RopMAN, JAMES L. Fowne. | Wm. Z. Moron. 


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H. A. Hurrson. L. H. Royster. Joun B. Ross. 


JAS. He EenER. JoHN G. WinLIAMsS. | R. TU. Rea. 
Tros. D- Smaw. Wma. H. TAYnror. JouHN B. WILLIAMS. 
F. B.SATTERTHWAITE | Jos. B. Hopass. Eien ARV EY. 


Hietis dw bLooNT. 
G. Hoyt. 
DANIEL RED. 
GEO. R. Drxon. 
JUSTIN H. JONES. 


L. H. Smiraz. 

J. 8S. M. WiLLraMs. 
JosepH 8. Trer. 
Wm. A. Ports. 

S. K. Corpon. 


JoHN McGowan. 
JAS. W. REDDING. 
H. McCormick. 


K. J. WARREN. 
JOHN R. CARMER. 


WARREN ENCAMPMENT, No. 7. 
PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS—-ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 
Jutius WILcox. | Rev. N. Z. Graves. | T. J. Horr. 


PAST HIGH PRIEST. 
DAvip PARRISH. 


J. M. Price. J. H. Bropre. H. G. GoopLor. 
J: W. Hout. J. B. LirtnEJoun. J. C. Macraw. 
W. E. THrower. CHAS. SKINNER. J. M. WrIuson. 
W. C. CRABTREE. J. A. EGERTON. W. H. Bossett. 
D. R. Fisuer. GEORGE NorTHAM. H. B. Bryan, 
K. C. Waite. JOHN COLLINS. 


TALULA ENCAMPMENT, No. &. 


PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS——ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 
J.C. B. Enninenaus. | Wo. H. Crarx. | Sam’ D. Grice. 
A. H. Burcuer. Wm. P. MaTuews. JAMES C. Scort. 
A. H. Curran. NaAtuHAN Morpiss. W.J.SHANNONHOUSE 
JoHN A. CooPER. Wo. K. Mann. DENNIS SIMMONS. 
JouHN B. FEARING. GEO. J. MUSGRAVE. JOSIAH SIMMONS. 
J. W. Hinton, JOHN Poon. L. H. SANDERS. 
Wn. A. Harney. Wm. L. SHANNON. Gro. M. WILDER. 
A. L. JonEs. Wm. SIMMONS. P. C. WILLIAMS. 
JoHN M. Maruews. | R. Kine Speen. 


WARD ENCAMPMENT, No. 9. 


PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS—ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. 
Henry L. Warp. | Watson L. DANIEL. 
PAST HIGH PRIEST. 
Rev. JAMES DELK. 
JOSEPH SMITH. 


JouHN A. J. ASKEW. 
THOMAS Brown. 
Sam’i A. BERNARD. 
Rev. A. R. BERNARD, 
Wm. P. Brirron. 
Josepu W. BEASLEY. 
W. L. DANIEL. 


J.S. H. EruHeriwce. 
Wo. J. FREEMAN. 
ABNER HARRELL. 
Wo. T. Irwin. 
Lewis WATSON, Jr. 
PRESTON PERRY. 
Wm. D. Prupen. 


Sam’t B. SPRUILL. 
Rev. J. W. TUCKER. 
B. B. WILLIAMS. 
JOHN WILLIAMS. 
Wm. G. WorLEY. 
JOHN WILSON, ~ 


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DR. Grand Encampment of North Carolina in 








1350, 
May 10.|To cash paid 8. G: des pea SR - $199 73 
Augalke.iio %* | $s - 53 98] - 
1851, 
Jan, 22.)To «  « Sy RS - 18 00 
——_——-| $266 71 
May 8.|To cash paid Arch’d McLean, Grand Treasurer, - - 36 45 
| 
| $303 16 











Fayetteville, May 10, 1851. 

















DR. Grand Encampment of North Carolina in 
1850, 
May 10.|To cash paid R. B. Haywood, Grand Treas’r of sage Lodge 
of N. C.—Bond $75, Tatenest $4 50, - $79 50 
« 22.1To ch’k remitted to J. L. ay ch Sec’y Ge Te U. ‘g. sels 
for Assessment, - - $11 44 
Representative Tax, = - - - - 20 00 
$31 44 
Premium on check, - - - . 31 
ol 75 
To cash paid J. B. Newby, Scribe, - - - - 50 00 
Too “<> s HJ. Hale’s bill for printing s&c., - 7 30 
1851, 
Feb. 4.|To cash paid A. McLean, appointed Grand Treasurer for re- 
mainder of Term, = - - - - - - 98 16 
$266 71 


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Fayetteville, Feb’y 4, 1851. 


DR. Grand Encampment of North Carolina in ac- 


1851, 
Feb. 10.|To cash paid S. G. Smith, per oe a for Blank Book and 
lettering the same, - - - - 75 
May 10.|To balance to new account, - = - - -  . |$188 86 


$134 61 





Fayetteville, May 10, 1851. 


1d 
a cnsiammemninstnmemmmmemmmmnmninnnsnnsnisinntnnntstnimmicinineisenianiiitadiatetitss 


account with J. B. Newby, Grand Scribe. CR. 














1850, 
May 10.|By cash rec’d from E. Yarborough, late Gr. Treas’r, - | $199 73 
July 9.|By <“ <‘ ‘ Warren Encampment, (Dues,) $6 50 
«¢ 16. By 66 466 ss) Ward 73 66 25 00 
VS od he ‘© Campbell & Mh 10 25 
Sei ye <6 SF <¢ Pamlico o ee 12 23 
1851, 
Pinas: yee (tS eo sPine cs Us 13 00 
Cains) By 66 66 ‘6 Warren ‘6 66 5 00 
aos, bye) | * Say are “ Dues & Cards, 5 25 
Fobyz.ipy, “§ *¢ Pamlico ss Dues, 12 20 
Matisk. [bys ‘* Campbell fs as 14 00 
103 43 
$303 16 





J. B. NEWBY, Grand Scribe. 


account with 8. G. Smith, Grand Treasurer. CR. 
1850, (ii 
May 10.|By cash from J. B. Newby, Grand Scribe, - - $199 73 
Aug. 12.\By ‘= ‘* Grand Scribe, - - - - - 53 98 
1851, 
Jane22. Bye S& 4 ss - - > - - - 13 00 
$266 71 





S. G. SMITH, Grand Treasurer. 


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1851, 
Feb. 4.|By cash from 8. G. Smith, late Grand Treasurer, = - $98 16 
May 8.|By cash from J. B. Newby, Grand Scribe, - " > 36 40 
134 61 
MayalO.\Bytbaisnter = a ee ea we ese $133 86 


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Pine, 3|Fayetteville, [Cumberland, |Ist and 3d Tuesday. 6 2 23} 7| 1) 5 130 00 15 00 
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Raleigh, | 5|Raleigh, Wake, Every other Tuesday. | 5 5 87| 8| 8! 6 206 75 20) 67 
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NUMBER 8, 


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BY LAWS, 


ARTICLE I. 
Title and Number. 
This Lodge shall be entitled MINTEO LODGE, WO. 8, 
I. O. of O. F. of NORTH CAROLINA. 
ARTICLE II. 
Duty of the Noble Grand. 

Sec. 1. The Noble Grand shall preside at all the meetings of 

the Lodge. He shall see that the By-Laws of the Lodge, the 
General Laws of the Grand Lodge, and the Ancient Usages of 

the Order are duly observed, and that the Officers discharge their 
- duties faithfully. 

Sec. 2. He shall on the death of a Brother, cause notices to 
be furnished to every member of the Lodge to attend his fune- 
ral.. He shall sign all orders on the Treasurer for the payment of 
money. He shall have the casting vote in all matters or ques- | 
tions on which the Lodge shall be equally divided. He shall | 
inspect all ballots, and report thereon. He shall have power to 
convene special meetings of the Lodge, whenever he deems it 
necessary, or when five members of the Lodge shall require him 


so to do. 
ARTICLE III. 


Of the Vice Grand. 

The Vice Grand shall see that the Brothers behave in a ose 
coming manner. In the absence of the N. G. he shall preside 
in the Lodge, and perform such other duties as are required of 
him by the Charges and General Laws of the Order, and By- 
Laws of this Lodge. 

ARTICLE IV. 
Of the Secretary. 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep ¢ an accurate ac- 

count of the proceedings of the Lodge; fill up all Certificates, 














4 BY LAWS. 





and receive all monies due to the Lodge, and pay them to the 
Treasurer, whose receipt he shall take for the same. He shall 
make out and furnish to the Grand Lodge a Semi-annual Re- 
port, and perform such other duties as may be enjoined on him 
by the Lodge, and deliver all books, papers and keys belonging 
to his office, to his successor, on the night of his Installation. 
For his services, the Secretary shall receive the sum of twenty 
dollars per term of six months. 


ARTICLE V. 
Of the Treasurer. 

The Treasurer shall hold his office for six months and until his 
successor 1s installed, and shall be required to give a bend to the 
Noble Grand, for five hundred dollars, for the faithful discharge 
| of his duties. He shall receive all monies from the Secretary 
for the use of the Lodge, and give his receipt for the same. He 

shall have his accounts ready for settlement on the night of 
Election. He shail deliver all monies, books, and papers in his 
hand, to his successor, on the night of his Installation. 


ARTICLE VI. 
Of the Past Grand. 


It shall be the duty of the Junior Past Grand to occupy eh 
seat of Past Grand for one term. 


od 


tj ae | ARTICLE VII. 
it Meetings of the Lodge. 

Regular meeting of the Lodge shall be held every Friday 
night, opening at 7 o'clock, on September to March, and at 
8 o’clock, from March to September. Im the absence of the 
Noble Grand and Vice Grand, it shall be the duty of the oldest 
Past Grand present, to take the chair. 


ARTICLE VIII. 
Of Dues. 

Every Member of the Lodge, shall pay at the rate of ene 
Five cents per quarter for Dies; and Twenty Five cents per 
quarter, for a fund for the Education of Orphans, and the Chil- 
dren of indigent Brothers. 


ARTICLE IX. 
Of Delinquency. 
Any Member in arrears for one quarter, shall not be allowed 























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to vote, and shall forfeit his benefits, and if in arrears for two 
quarters, and he neglect to pay the same, after being notified by 
the Secretary, he shall be declared suspended by the Noble 
Grand, for one quarter: and if at the expiration of his suspension 
he shall not have paid all dues to the Lodge, he shall be 
expelled, two thirds of the Members present concurring therein. 


ARTICLE X. 
Improper Conduct of Members. 
Any Member who shall misbehave in the Lodge, or refuse to 
- obey the presiding Officer, or who shall be convicted of conduct 
unworthy of the dignity of the Order, or derogatory to the 
character of a Brother, shall be fined, reproved in open Lodge, 
or suspended, at the pleasure of the Lodge; two thirds of the 
Members present concurring therein. 
ARTICLE XI. 

Of Benefits. 

Sec. 1. Every Member of this Lodge, who has been a regular 
contributing member for six months, or who has taken all the 
- Degrees, and is not more than three months in arrears, when 
rendered incapable by sickness or otherwise, of following his 
usual avocation, shall be entitled to receive from the funds of 
this Lodge, Three dollars per week, during such incapacity ; 
provided it shall be of one week’s duration, after having been re- 
ported to the Noble Grand, and it shall be the duty of the N. G. 
to tender such benefit to each member who is entitled to it, and 
draw on the Treasurer for the amount. 

Sec. 2. No Brother who is able to follow his usual vocation, 
or do any manner of work by which he can earn a competent 
subsistence, shall be entitled to benefits. 

Sec. 3. Upon the death of a Brother, he shall be buried at 
the expense of the Lodge The N. G. in the absence of 
competent relations, shall take charge of the Funeral, and keep 
an account of the disbursements. It shall be the further duty of 
the N. G. to draw upon the Treasurer for the amount, and pay 
the expenses necessarily incurred. 

ARTICLE XII. 
Of Expulsion and Suspension. 

Whenever the conduct of a Brother shall render it necessary 
for him to be arraigned for a violation of the laws, the charges shall 























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be preferred, in writing, to the Lodge. A Committee of three 
shall then be anarciiet whose etal it shall be to notify the de- 
linguent of the charges preferred against him ; if he cannot be 
found, then a notice shall be sent to his last Anown place of resi- 
dence, and if not heard from in a reasonable time, the Commit- 
tee shall proceed to the investigation of the matter, and report 
the result of the same to the Lodge. Should the report of the 
Committee be adverse to the delinquent, he shall have the privi- 
lege of vindicating himself before the Lodge, either in person or 
by proxy ; after which, the report of the Committee shall be act- 
ed upon, and if concurred in by two-thirds of the members present, 
he shall be suspended or expelled, at the discretion of the Lodge. 


ARTICLE XItl. 
Qualifications for Membership. 

The requisite qualifications for membership shall be: Ist, good 
moral character; regular and steady conduct; sober and indus- 
trious habits. 2nd, to be of good standing in society, whether of 
trade, profession, or otherwise ; and 21 yearsof age. 3rd, to be 
exempt from all bodily and mental infirmities, which may prevent 
the using efficient means in obtaining a respectable subsistence. 


ARTICLE XIV. 
Of Candidates for Membership. 

Every person initiated into this Lodge, (except Ministers of the 
Gospel in charge of Congregations,) shall pay a fee of Ten dol- 
Jars; and no person beyond the age of fifty shall be admitted in- 
to this Lodge, without paying an additional fee of one dollar for 
each and every year he may have attained over and above said 


age. 
b 90 AREICLE XV. 
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OO] Derrers: 

Each candidate for Degrees (except Ministers of the Gospel 
in charge of Congregations,) shall pay the sum of three dollars 
for each Degree conferred. Applications for Degrees shall be 
made in open Lodge, and every candidate for Degrees must re- 
ceive a certificate from the Secretary, certifying that he has paid 
the proper fee, and is clear of the books. Provided, that nothing 
- herein contained shall compel members initiated previous to the 
14th of September, 1849, to pay more than ib in the aggregate: 
for Initiation and the five Degrecs. 


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ARTICLE XVI. 
Of ‘Invitation. 
Not more than one person shall be initiated at a time, unless, 
through some necessity, the Lodge shall otherwise determine. 


ARTICLE XVII. 
Of Depositing Card. 

Any Brother hailing from another Lodge, and wishing to be- 
come a member of this Lodge, shall send in his Card. A Com- 
mittee of three shall be appointed to examine him, and if found 
_ to be a bona fide member, he shall be balloted for, and if a major- 
_ity_do not oppose him, he shall be admitted, upon 1 the ‘payment 

of five dollars, but shall not be entitled to benefits until he shall 
have been a contributing member for six months, or shall have 
taken the fourth and fifth Degrees in this Lodge. 


ARTICLE XVIII. 
Of Travelling Cards. 
Members drawing Travelling Cards, shall not be exempt from 
paying their regular dues. Any member neglecting to return 
_ his Travelling Card within two meetings of the Lodge after his — 
return, shall be fined one dollar. No member shall draw a Trav- 
elling Card, unless his dues are paid up to the time of its expira- _ 
tion, 





ARTICLE. XIX. 
Withdrawal Cards. 


When any member desires to withdraw from this Lodge, he 
shall signify his desire, or request some other person to do so for 
him, in open Lodge, when, if clear of the books and in good stan- 
ding, he shall be entitled to a Withdrawal Card, ae paying the 
sum of twenty-five cents. 





» ARTICLE «eX X. 
Of Committees. 
Every member who consents to serve on a Committee, and 
does not attend to the duties thereof, shall be fined fifty cents, 
unless excused by the Lodge. 


ARTICLE XXI. 
Of Smoking and Refreshments. 
No smoking shall be allowed in the Lodge Room, and no Re- 
freshments, except water, shall at any time be allowed in the 
Lodge, or any apartment thereunto belonging. 








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» & BY LAWS. 


ARTICLE “XXII. 
Of the Committee of Finance. 

The Noble Grand, within two nights of the Fics of his 
term of office, shall appoint a Finance Committee of three, whose 
duty it shall be to audit the Books and Accounts of the _picpescall 
and Treasurer, together with all the Accounts of the Lodge, and 
report thereon on the night of the Installation. 


ARTICLE XXIII. 
Refusal of the Sec’y and Treasurer to attend Finance feyumtice™ | 
If the Secretary or Treasurer shall refuse to attend the meet- 
ings of the Finance Committee, with their Books, &c., the delin- 
quent shall be fined five dolllars. 


ARTICLE XXIV. 
Of Resolutions. 
All Motions and Resolutions offered, shall be put in writing, 
when it is required by any member. 


ARTICLE XXV. 
Of Applications for Membership. 

All Applications for Membership, shall be accompanied by the 
Initiation fee. In case the candidate «shall be rejected, the fee 
shall be returned to the member recommending him. : 

ARTICLE XXVI. 
Of Signing the By-Laws. 

ae Member, on being admitted, shall sign the By Laws of 
the Lodge, thereby agreeing to support the same; and shall fur- 
nish himself with the proper Regalia, within three months after 
having taken the fifth Degree. 

ARTICLE XXVII. 
Of Electiowes% 
The Election of Officers shall be held on the night of the last 
regular meeting in June and December. And thins shall be in- 
stalled on the night of the next regular meeting after the Elec- — 
tion, or as soon thereafter as practicable. ‘The Officers to be cho- 
sen by ballot. 


& 


ARTICLE XXVIII. 
Of Fines. : 
Every Officer who shall be absent from the Lodge at the time 
of opening, shall be fined twenty-five cents, unless a pnlaetnchany 
excuse be rendered. | 

















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ARTICLE XXIX. 
Of the funds. 
Should the Funds of the Lodge at any time be exhausted, 
there shall be an equal assessment upon every member of the 
- Lodge for the relief of any sick or distressed Brother. 


ARTICLE XXX. 
Of Speaking. 
__ No member shall speak more than twice on the same subject, 
until all the members wishing to speak have had an opportunity 
‘to do so. 


ARTICLE XXXI. 
Withdrawing Petition for Membership. 

When a Petition for membership shall be made, the same shall 
not be withdrawn after it has been referred to a Committee.— 
And the Candidate thus proposed, upon the eh og of the Com- 
mittee, shall be ballotted for. 

ARTICLE XXXII. 
Of the Ballot Box. 

In balloting for Candidates, the Ballot Box shall be placed in 
full view of the N. G. and each Member shall, before he votes, 
give to N. G. the first half of the C. S. 


ARTICLE XXXIII. 
Of the Suspension of the By Laws. 
By unanimous consent, any of the By-Laws may be suspen- 
, ded. 
ARTICLE XXXIV- 
SAllteration of the By Laws. 
Propositions to alter the By-Laws shall be read in open lodge 
for two successive regular meetings, and acted upon the third. 
_No proposition shall be sustained unless two-thirds of the meme 
bers present concur therein. 








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INDE TO THE BY LAWS 





BY LAWS. 





Alteration of the By Laws, 7 
Applications for Membership, 
Benefits, 

Ballotting for Candidates, 
Candidates for Membership, 
Committee of Finance, 

Committees, 

Dues, 

Duty of the Noble Grand, 

Duty of the Vice Grand, 

Duty of the Secretary, 

Duty of the Treasurer, 

Delinquency, 

Depositing Card’, 

Degrees, 

Elections, 

Expulsion and Suspension, 

Fines, 

Funds, 

Improper Conduct of Members, 
Initiation, : 
Qualifications of Candidates for Membership, 
Refusal of Sec. and Tr. to meet the F. Com. 


| Resolutions, 


Regular Mcetings of the Lodge, 
Smoking and Refreshments, 
Sitting Past Grand, 

Signing the By Laws, 


Speaking, 


Suspension of the By Laws, 

Title and Number, 

Travelling Card, 

Withdrawing Petition for Membership, 
Withdrawal Cards, 


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GENERAL LAWS, 


For the Government: of Subordinate Lodges, 


WORKING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLIMA. 


Times of Meeting. 

Art. 1. Lodges shall assemble on their appointed evenings 

of meeting at such times as they may appoint. 
Quorum. 

Arr. 2. No Lodge shall be opened, unless five brethren be 

present, one ef whom shall be qualified to fill the Chair. 
Duty of the Warden. 

Art. 3. The Warden shall examine every person in the room 
prior to the opening of the Lodge, and when opened, the Guardian 
shall not allow egress or ingress to any one without the usual 
formality. 
Vee Weekly: Dues. 

Arr. 4, The members comprising a Lodge shall each pay into 
the funds of such. Lodge a sum not less than six and one quarter 
cents, per week. | 

Of the: Officers. 

Art. 8. There-shall be four elective officers, viz: the Noble 
Grand, the Vice Grand, Secretary and Treasurer. The Right 
and Left Supporters, to the Noble Grand, the Warden, Conductor, 
Guardian, and Scene Supporters, shall be appointed by the N. 
G. and the Right and Left Supporters to the Vice Grand shall be 
appointed by the Vice Grand. 

Time of Holding Office. 

Arr. 6. Every officer shall fill his station during the space of 
six calendar months. 

Ehgibility of Officers. 

Arr. 7. No brother shall be held eligible for the N. G.’s chair, 
unless he shall have filled the chair of V. G., nor for the V. G’s. 
chair, unless he shall have served in an elective office to the end 
of the term, or filled some inferior station twenty six nights, and 
shall have received the fifth degree, unless by special dispensation 
from the Grand Lodge. 














12 '_. GENERAL LAWS. 














Nominations to fill the Chairs. 

Art. 8. Propositions for candidates to fill any of the Chairs, 
shall be made: one Lodge night immediately preceding, or on the 
night of election. 

Past Officers not to oppose other Brothers. 

Art. 9. No Past Officer shall oppose any qualified Brother for 
such offices as he may have filled, unless the Past Officer shall 
have been four terms out of such office; except the Secretary and 
Treasurer. 

Fines for Tardiness. 

Art. 10. Every elected or appointed officer shall attend the 
Lodge at the time of opening, or be fined such sum as the Lodge 
Rai determine, unless he submit a reasonable excuse to be judg- 
ed of by the Lodge. 


Candidates influencing Elections. 

Art. 11. Any candidate who shall attempt to influence the 
election, shall be fined such sum as the Lodge shall determine. 
Albsence from the Lodge. 

Art. 12. Any elected or appointed officer who shall absent 
himself from his Lodge for more than three successive Lodge 
nights, shall thereby vacate his seat, unless excused by the Lodge, 
and another officer shall be elected or appointed as the case may 
require, who shall fill the situation for the remainder of the term, 
and who shall receive all the honors of the station as though he 
had served the full term. 

Installation. 

Arr. 13. The new elected officers shall be installed on-the 

night after their election, or as soon thereafter as practicable. | 
Using Profane or Vulgar Language. | 

Art. 14. Any brother who-shall make use of profane, vulgar, 
or indecent language, shall be fined in such sum as the Lodge 
shall determine. 

Power of the Noble Grand. 

Art. 15. The N. G. shall have full power to preserve order in 
the Lodge, and any brother refusing to obey his commands, shall 
for the first offence be fined, and for the second offence may be 
ordered to leave the room for the night. 

‘Subordinate Lodges cannat adjourn. 
Art. 16. No Subordinate Lodge has a right to adjourn, but 











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must close in due form, after its regular business shall have been 
gone through with. , 
Committee of the Whole. 
Art. 17. No Subordinate Lodge has a right to go into Com- 
mittee of the Whole. 


Differences between Brethren. 


Arr. 18. Any disputes, aggrievances. or. differences existing 
between brethren, shall be laid before the Lodge whereof the of- 
fending party is a member; the N. G. of the Lodge shall there- 
upon appoint a committee of five, who shall have power to sum- 
mon the contending parties, and determine the matter in ques- 
tion; nevertheless, an appeal may be made at all times to the 
Lodge, and from their decisions to the-Grand Lodge. 





Expulsions. 

Art. 19. Any motion for an expulsion shall be announced in 
open Lodge, on the two Lodge nights previous to its being acted 
‘upon ; if then carried, the person expelled shall not again be admit- 
ted into the Lodge (unless the decision be reversed by the Grand 
Lodge,) and notice thereof shall be sent to wi Lodges 
under her jurisdiction. 

Provided, nevertheless, That when a member is expelled for 
non-payment of dues, he may be re-instated without the inter- 
vention of the Grand Lodge, by such a vote as would be neces- 
sary to admit a new member. 

Src. 2. No Lodge shall have power to expel a brother from 
his Lodge for any other cause than that of a violation of the Con- 

stitution of the Grand Lodge of the United States, the Coastitu- 
tion and General Laws of the Grand Lodge, or a violation of the 
Laws of the land. 


Voting. 
Art. 20. No brother shall be allowed the privilege of voting 
on the same night whereon he is initiated. 


Neglect of Guardians. 

Art. 21. Any out or inside Guardian who shall admit a broth- 
er without the necessary formality, shall be fined or suspended 
at the discretion of the Lodge ; and should they conjointly suffer 
a stranger to enter the Lodge, they shall be expelled. | 




















id GENERAL LAWS. 


—Divulging Proceedings. 

Art. 22. Any member or visiting brother who shall divulge 
any of the proceedings required by them to be kept secret, or the 
name of a brother who may have opposed a person coming into 
the Order, or who may haye reported unfavorably of him, to such 
applicants, shall be suspended or ones at the discretion of 
the Lodge. 


Duty of the N.. G. to sick Brothers. 

Art. 23. In case of the application from a sick, brother for 
assistance, the N. G. of the Lodge to which he is attached, shall 
visit him, or cause him to be visited, by the V. G.. or some 
other brother; and if the brother so applying be a bona fide 
member, he shall pay him weekly from the funds of the Lodge, 
not less than three dollars per week, and also provide persons to 
sit up with such brother, if found necessary. 


: Funeral Benefits. 

Art. 24. In case of the death of a brother, the N. G. of the 
Lodge whereof he is a member, shall cause the funeral benefit 
granted by such Lodge to be immediately paid to the widow of 
the deceased brother, which sum shall not’be less than twenty 
dollars: should there be no widow, it shall be the duty of the N. 
G. to have him decently interred at the expense of the Lodge. 


Penalty for Intowication. 

Art. 27. Any brother who shall be found in a state of ees 
cation, shall be suspended, not less than twelve weeks, or may 
be expelled. . 

Of Illegal Practices. 

Art. 28. Any member of the order, who shall follow any il- 
legal practice, shall be suspended or expelled as the Lodge shall 
determine. . 

The Right of Appeal. 

Art. 29. In all decisions by the N. G. the right of appeal to 
the Lodge shall be allowed to all brethren affected by his decis- 
ion, and from that decision, to the Grand Lodge. 


Fees for Admission and Degrees. 
Art. 30. No person shall be received in this order for a less 
sum than five dollars, nor shall the five degrees be conferred on 
any member for a less sum than fifteen dollars (except ministers 











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of the gospel in charge of congregations, all of whom shall be 
admitted free of charge ,) and in all cases the fees shall be paid 
in advance. 

of Candidates for Membership. 

Arr. 31. The name, place of abode, and occupation of a per- 
son proposed fer membership,shall be recorded by the Secretary 
of the Lodge, and the Noble Grand and Vice Grand shall appoint 
a committee of three brethren to examine into the character of 
such person, and the committee shall, after due deliberation, give 
in their report. If after balloting there should be found but. one 
black bail m the ballot-box, a second balloting may be had thére- 

n; if on the second balloting there should not be more than one 
black ball, the election shall lie over until the next meeting: 
Provided, That in this latter case, the Lodge shall have power to 
order a re-ballot on the same evening, upon the suggestion of a 
‘ brother that a mistake may have occurred. If ti after ballot- 
ing, two or more black balls are found: in the ballot-box, the per- 
son so opposed shall not be received into the order, and notice 
thereof shall be sent to the Grand Lodge and all Lodges under 
her jurisdiction. Nevertheless, such person may, again be pro- 
posed at the expiration of six months from such application, and 
if elected shall be received into the order 

Art. 32. Any brother who shall have drawn his certificate of 
membership from the Lodge whereunto he was connected, is 

entitled to the A. T. P. in use at the time, and retains the right 
to visit with that word for a year. | 

Of Withdrawal Card. 

Ant. 33. Any brother who may wish to leave his Ledge to 
join another, shall receive his certificate of membership, Eee 
no accounts or charges stand against him on the Secretary’s 
books ; and any brother wishing to deposite his certificate in any 
Lodge shall make application to such Lodge for the same, through 
a member thereof; and if a majority do not oppose him, he shall 
| be admitted in such Lodge. 

Of the interpretation of the Laws. 

Art. 34. Should any doubts arise, respecting these laws they 
shall be determined by the Grand Lodge, and no one of them 
shall be altered, amended or annulled, except through motion 
made in the Grand Lodge, after due notice having been given to 
the subordinate Lodges. 


























16 GENERAL LAWS. 


Of Spurious Lodges. 
Arr. 35. Any brother who shall be concerned in organizing, 
or who shall give countenance and support, or who shall visit any 
Lodge or Lodges in the State of North Carolina, purporting to be 


Odd Fellows and not possessing a legal and valid Charter, duly 


granted and presented by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, 
shall be deemed unworthy of fellowship ; and may, upon satis- 
factory proof, be suspended or expelled, atthe option of the Lodge. 


_ And any brother so suspended or expelled, shall not be reinstated 
- unless he makes suitable submission, and the Grand Lodge as- 


sents thereto. Nor shall any person who has been admitted to 
membership, in such spurious Lodge, be received into any regu- 


lar Lodge, without the consent of the Grand Lodge. 


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Subordinate Lodges failing to make Returns. 

Art. 386. Any Subordinate Lodge failmg to make its return 
and pay its dues to the Grand Lodge, as required by the 1st Sec- 
tion of Article 18th of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, for 
two stated communications in succession, shall thereby be deem- 
ed extinct and its Charter forfeited. Upon the demise of a Lodge, 
the last installed officers shall, within three months, transmit or 
surrender to the Grand Secretary, (or such other Brother as may 
be appointed by the Grand Lodge to receive them) the Charter, 
Books, Papers, Furniture and Funds of said’ Lodge. Members of 
extinct Lodges, who were clear of the Books of such Lodge at 
the time of dissolution, or who have paid up all arrearages then 
due to the Grand Lodge, shall, upon application to the Grand 
Secretary, receive certificates under the Seal of the Grand Lodge, 
to enable them to make application for admission to membership 
in other Lodges, and no member of a defunct Lodge shall be ad- 
mitted, either as a visitor or member, into any regular Lodge, 
without such certificate. 








Absence from the Lodge, 
Candidates Influencing Elections, . 
Committee of the Whole, 
Candidates for Membership, 

Duty of the Warden, 

Duty of the N. G. to Sick Brothers, 
Dues, 

Differences between Brothers, 
Divulging Proceedings, 

Eligibility of Officers, 

Expulsions, | 

Fines for Tardiness, 

Funeral Benefits, 

Fees for Admission, and Degrees, 
Interpretation of the Laws, 
Installation, 

Illegal Practices, 

Neglect of Guardians, 

Nominations to fill the Chairs, 

Of the Officers, 

Penaltry for Intoxication, 

Power of the Noble Grand, 

Past Officers not to oppose other Brothers, 
Quorum, 

Right of Appeal, 

Subordinate Lodges failing to make Returns, 
Subordinate Lodges cannot adjourn, 
Spurious Lodges, 

Time of Meeting, 

Time of Holding Office, 

Using Profane or Vulgar Language, 
Voting, — 

Withdrawal Card, 


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OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 
AT ITS ANNUAL SESSION 


HELD AT 


The Aall of Mantes Lodge in the Cit of Kaleigh, 


"On the 9th 10th 1ith and 12th of May, 


1849. 





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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 


FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH, 


ANNUAL COMMUNICATION 
OF THE 
BRUCE? WORTHY GRAND LODGE 


OF. THE 


STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


Held at the City of Raleigh, May, 1849. 


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* Wepnespay, May 9, 10 o’clock, A.M. 


The R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina assembled at 
10 o'clock this day in the Hall of Manteo Lodge No. 8, when 
the following Officers and Past Grands were found to be 
present: 


BENJAMIN F. HANKS, M. W. G. M. 
W. 8S. G. ANDREWS, R. W. D. G. M. 
A. PAUL REPITON, reg WV Ere 
RICHARD B. HAYWOOD, R. W, G. W. 
WILLIAM H. McKEE, Rew Gey. 
JOHN H. MANLY, BR Wi GugA. KR. 
O. W. TELFAIR, sWisk Gree Ge 


Past Grand Masters, Israel Disosway, and R. H. Worth- 
ington. Past Deputr y Grand Master, Edward Yarborough. 

Past Grand Secretary, John B. machine and Past Grand, 
John C. Wood. 


The Grand Lodge was called to order by the M. W. Grand 
Master, and opened with prayer by Rev. A. Paul Repiton. 
The Grand Master appointed the following Committee on 


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Credentials— viz: Reps. I. Disosway, J. C .Wood and W. 
H. McKee. 


The Committee on Credentials submitted the following re- 
port, which on motion was adopted. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. 
To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, 


The Committee appointed to examine the Credentials of Past Grands and Repre- 
sentatives Report, that the following have been submitted to them and found correct: _ 


LODGES, NO. REPRESENTATIVES, 
CAPE FEAR, 2 JOHN C. WOOD, 
WASHINGTON, 3 R. H. WORTHINGTON, P.G. M. 
CROSS CREEK, 4 S. G. SMITH, 
THADDEUS, 5 ALFRED JOHNSON, 
NEUSE, 6 WILLIAM M. PURYEAR, 
MANTEO, 8 JOHN H. MANLY, 

ei WILLIAM D. COOKE, 

MECKLENBURG DECLA’N, 9 ALEXANDER BETHUNE, 
PHALANX, 10 THOMAS H. HARDENBERGH, 
FRANKLIN, 13 J. B. LITTLEJOHN, 
ACHOREE, M4 W. H. McKEE, P. G. M. ¢ proxy ) 
COVENANT, 17 O. W. TELFAIR, 
SMYRNA, 18 I. DISOSWAY, P. G. M. (proxy ) 
MOUNTAIN, 19 E. YARBOROUGH, P. D. G. M. (pr.) 
MUCHUENA, 20 JULIUS WILCOX, 
BUENA VISTA, 21 R. B. HAYWOOD. ( proxy ) 


The Committee from evidence in their possession, find that Past Grand Master, 1. 
Disosway, in the absence of the Representative elected, has been requested to repre. 
sent HUREKA LODGE, NO. 7, and recommend that the request be complied with. 

From a communication from BUENA VISTA LODGE NO. 21, they find that 
Past Grand Master, 1. Disosway has been requested to act as Representative of that 
Lodge, but as he is already Representative by proxy of SMYRNA LODGE NO. 18, 
they suggest that Past Grand, R. B. Haywood be appointed in his place. 

The Committee have also examined Certificates, stating’ that Alfred Johnson of 
THADDEUS LODGE NO. 5, is entitled to the P. V. G., and P. G. Degrees; and . 
that Thomas H. Hardenbergh of PHALANX LODGE NO. 10, is entitled to P. Sec. 


P. V. G. and P. G. Degrees, and that William M. Puryear of NEUSE LODGE 
NO. 6, is entitled to the P. G. Degree. 


The Committee find these Certificates correct, and recommend hat the several De- 
prees be conferred. a 


Respectfully submitted, ie DISOSWAY, 
J. ©. WOOD, 
W. H. McKEE. 


The following Past Grands ace! their Certificates, viz: 
A. Bethune, of Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge No. 9. 
John H. Manly, of Manteo Lodge No. 8 
William D. Cooke, * 6s “ 
Thomas H. Hardenbergh, of Phalanx Lodge No. 10. 
Julius Wilcox, of Muchuena Lodge No. 20. 


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Alfred Johnson, of Thaddeus Lodge No. 5. 

William M. Puryear, of Neuse Lodge No. 6. 

Rep. W. H. Mckee, of Manteo Lodge No 8, offered the 
following resolution, which was agreed to: - 


Reselved, That the Grand Lodge Degree be conferred according to our Laws, upon 
the Past Grands present, as a reward for past services. 


The G. L. Degree was accordingly conferred on the res- 
pective Past Grands. 


Rep. W. H. McKee, submitted the following resolution, 
which was agreed to: 


Resolved, That Bro. James D. Royster, Scarlet member of Manteo Lodge No 8. 
have the Grand Ledge Degree conferred upen him, and that he be appointed Steward 
to the same, 


The M. W. G. Master presented the following, being his 
Annual Report, which being read, was en motion referred to 
a Select Committee of three, for the purpose of distributing 
the several subjects therein referred to, to appropriate com- 


mittees. 
GRAND MASTER’S REPORT: 


To the Right Worthy Grand. Lodge of the State of Nerth Corolina: 


In compliance with a custom, which by use has grown into a law, it becomes my 
duty to lay before you a report of my official acts for the past year. The fact that the 
Representatives in the G. L. U. S. will, for the first time, make a detailed written re- 
port of the doings of that body, will preclude the necessity of a lengthened communica- 
tion from me. During the time that I have been in office, Dispensations have been 
granted for six Lodges. 

The first in order is Smyrna Lodge, No. 18, which is located at Smyrna, Carteret 
County, and which was duly instituted by P. G. MZ. F. Arendell, of Concordia Lodge, 
No. 11, on the 20th of June. 

The next is Mountain Lodge, No. 19, which is located at Lincolnton, and was duly 
instituted by D. D. Grand Master, Alexander Bethune, on the 23d of September. 
Muchuena Lodge, No. 20, was instituted on the 20th of September, by P. &. R. W. 
Choate, of Eureka Lodge, No. 7, and is located at Warrenton. 

The next is Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21, which is located at Greensborough, and the 
duty of instituting the Lodge and installing the officers was performed by P. G. Master , 
I. Disosway, on the 4th of June. 

Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22, was opened on the 16th of March, by your chief officer, 
and is located at Kinston, 

Tryon Lodge, No. 23, is located at Rutherfordton, and was instituted by D. D. Grand 
Master, Alexander Bethune, on the 4th of April. 

The reports from the different officers who instituted the several Lodges, will be 
found with the correspondence of your chief officer, which is herewith submitted to this 
Grand Body ; and I would here remark, that [ am under many obligations to the 
brethren who have assisted me in the performance of my duties. 

The above named Lodges are am in a flourishing condition, as far as I have heard. 
from them, and I would respectfully recommend that charters be granted them. Du- 
ring the year I have granted a dispensation to Winchester Lodge, No. 16, to change 


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the time of holding their regular meeting from Friday to Saturday night; and I have 
also granted Ponensations to Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, and Neuse Lodge, No. 6, to hold 
their regular meetings during Court weeks on Tuesday nights, so as to allow the breth- 
yen from the country an opportunity of attending the regular meetings of their Lodges 
early in the week, as the former Lodge holds its regular meeting on Friday and the 
latter on Saturday night. Ihave also granteda dispensation to Eureka Lodge, No. 7, 
to have Lectures delivered in their Lodge “ for the good of the order” All the above 
dispensations were granted, subject to the approval of this Grand Lodge. 

I would respectfully call the attention of this Grand Body to Sec. 11, Article 1, Di- 
vision 3d, page 45 of the Digest of the Laws of the G. L. U.S. for the government of 
Grand and Subordinate Lodges, as some of the Lodges under this jurisdiction do not 
coroply with the requisitions of that law. 

I would also call the attention of this Grand Body to the 33d Article of the General 
Laws for the government of Subordinate Lodges of this State, which will be found to 
be in direct conflict with the Laws of the G. L. U.S. 

There have been three orders. drawn on the Grand Treasurer since the last Annual 
Communication: One in favor of Wm. H. McKee, Grand Represeatative, for eighty 
dollars—one in favor of T. Burr, Grand Representative, for the same amount. The 
fast was an order for three hundred dollars, for Neuse Lodge, No. 6, it being the amount 
loaned that Lodge at the last communication. 

Finding the stock of books on hand would soon be exhausted, f ordered a supply from 
the GC. and R. Secretary of the G. L. of the U.8., which amounted to $25. ‘This bill 
T have left unpaid, as he has rendered a bill against the Grand Lodge for $106 12, be- 
sides the bill of books. As this debt or part of it was contracted before I eame into 
office, I did not feel myself authorized to draw on the Grand Treasurer for the amount, 
and herewith submit the matter to your consideration. 

During the past year I have received for Dispensations granted to Lodges $180, and 
have received from Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, for dues $36 60, making the sum of $214,- 
60; and I have paid out, for instituting Lodges, $129 65, and to the Grand Treasurer 
$60, and two other small bills, amounting to $9; leaving a balance in my hands of 
#15 95, as will be seen by the account herewith submitted for your inspection. 

As some of the Lodges under this jurisdiction do_not make out their reports and for- 
ward their dues in proper time, I would suggest that hereafter the G. M. be required to 
appoint an installing officer for each Lodge, under his jurisdiction, and that such officer 
so appointed shall not be allowed to install the officers nor give the P. W. to any Lodge 
until their report is made out and handed to him, with the amount of dues. 

For the purpose of securing a more full and prompt attendance of Representatives 
from Lodges as well to equalize the expenses incident to such representation, I would 
respectfully suggest the propriety of this Grand Lodge paying the expenses of the Rep- 
resentatives. One eflect of such enactment will be to give permanency to the location 
of the Grand Lodge—another, to insure a representation from all the Subordinates. 

Among the resolutions of this Grand Lodge, is one passed at is first session, requiring 
the surplus funds to be put out at interest for a specific purpose, viz: “ for the education 
of orphan children.” As this resolution has not been fully complied with, I beg to call 
your attention to it. Other resolutions are falling into disusc, among them one requiring 
the publishing with your Annual Proceedings, “ the names and address of all the officers 
of the Grand Lodge.” 

The above is respectfully submitted, in F. L. and 'T. 


BENJAMIN I", HANKS, G. M. 
Raleigh, May 10, 1849. 


The Chair named the following as the committee on the 
above report: Rep. Cooke, of Neer Lodge, Disosway, of 


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Eureka Lodge, and Telfair of Covenant Lodge. 

The Chair announced the following as the Standing Com- 
mittees ; 

Committee on Credentials—Reps. I. Disosway, John C. 
Wood and W. H. McKee. 

Committee on the state of the Order.—Reps. J. B. Newby, 
W.S. G. Andrews and T. H. Hardenbergh. 

Committee on Petitions —Reps. O. W. Telfair, R. B. Hay- 
wood and John H. Manly. | 

Committee on Returns and Reports of Subordinate Lodges— 
Reps. Edward Yarborough, Alex. Bethune and W. D. Cooke. 

Committee on Constitution and By Laws.—Reps. Thos. 
H. Hardenbergh, Wm. H. McKee and J. B. Littlejohn. 


Committee on Correspondence.—Reps. Israel Disosway, A. 
Johnson and J. H. Manly. 


Committee on Subordinate Lodges not reported.—Reps. R. 
H. Worthington, John C. Wood and Wm. M. Puryear. 


Committee on Finance.—Reps. W. D. Cooke, I. Cicero Jus- 
tice and T. H. Hardenbergh. 


The Special Committee on the Annual Communication of 
the M. W. Grand Master, submitted the following 


REPORT. 


The Committee to whom was assigned the duty of classify- 
ing the M. W. Grand Master’s Report, have performed that 
duty and beg leave to recommend that the following subjects 
be referred to the Committees specified—viz: 

Ist. Gn granting charters to Lodges working under Dis- 
pensation from the Grand Master. ‘To Committee on Peti- 
tions. 

2d. On altering the time of meeting of Winchester Lodge, 
No. 16, Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, and Neuse Lodge, No. 6.— 
To Committee on the State of the Order. | 

3d. On granting to Eureka Lodge, No. 7, the privilege of 
having Lectures delivered in the Lodge. To Committee on 
the State of the Order. 

4th. So much of the Report as refers to the Ist Article, 


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ilth Section, Division 8d. of the Digest. Tio Committee on 
the State of the Order. 

5th. On the 33d Article of the General Laws of the Grand 
Lodge of the State for the government of Subordinate Lodg- 
és. To a Special Committee of Three. 

6th. So much as refers to orders drawn on the Grand Trea- 
surer, and monies received by the Grand Master, also the bill 
for Books furnished by the Grand Lodge of the U.S. To 


Committee on Finance. 
7th. On Returns and Reports from Subordinate Lodges 


and the appointment of Installing Officers for each Lodge. 
To a Special Committee of Three. 


8th. On paying the expenses of Representatives. Toa 
Special Committee of Three. 
9th. On Resolutions that are falling into disuse. To the 
Grand Secretary, with instructions to see that these resolu- 
tions are complied with. | 
Respectfully submitted, WM. D. COOKE, 
I. DISOSWAY, 
O. W. TELFAIR. 


On motion, the above Report was received. 
Rep. T. H. Hardenbergh, of Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, offered 
the following Resolution, which was agreed to. 


Resolved, That one hundred copies of the Grand Master’s Report be printed for 
the use of the members of the Grand Lodge. 


~The Chair announced the following Special Committee on 
that part of the G. M’s. Report relating to Returns and Re- 
ports of Subordinate Lodges, and the appointment of Install- 
ing Officers for each Redoe: Reps. J. H. Manly, A. Johnson 
ora W.S. G. Andrews. 

The Chair announced the following Special Committee on 
G. M’s. Report on defraying the expenses of the Represen- 
tatives: Reps. R. H. Worthington, J. B. Littlejohn and J. B. 
Newby. 


The Chair announced the following Special Committee on 
the 33d Article of the General Laws: Reps. R. B. it 
W. M. Puryear and Alexander Bethune. 


1749 | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 9 


On motion the Grand Lodge adjourned to 8 o clock, P. M. 


8 o cLtocéK, P. M. 


The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment. Present: 
all the officers, and a quorum of Representatives from the dif- 
ferent Lodges. 


Rep. 8. G. Smith headin his certificate of having passed 
the Chair of N. G. in Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4, elie on 
motion, he was introduced, and received the Grand Lodge 
Degree. Also was recognized as Representative of said 


Lodge. 
The Committe on Returns and Reports submitted the fol- 
lowing Report, which, on motion was received: 


To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge: 


The Committee on Reports and Returns beg leave to Report that the Semi-Annual 
Reports from January Ist, 1848 to June 30th, 1848, of the following Lodges, are found 
to be made out in the proper form—viz: 

MANTEO LODGE, i 8. 
PHALANX * 10 
CONCORDIA “ ome 
FRANKLIN “ ae 
ACHOREE “* “« 14 
The following, for the same period, have no seal attached to them—viz: 
WINCHESTER EEE: No. 16. 
NEUSE Sr Ge 
The following have not the signature of the Vice Grand—viz: 
CAPE FEAR LODGE, No. 2. 
CROSS CREEK “ lee! 3 
THADDEUS es oy Bee 


NEUSE Ht he 
MECKLENBURG DECLA’N Me No. 9. 
TRENT p12. 
HENDERSON “< “15, 
WINCHESTER PS °16, 
COVENANT ss > HG 


The following have not the signature of the N. G. or V. G.—viz: 
HENDERSON LODGE, No. 15. 
COVENANT 3 TY. 

There is no thy or signature on the Report of Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 


The following Reports for the period embraced between 
July Ist and December 31st, 1848, are found to be in due 
form—viz : 

CAPE FEAR LODGE, No. 2 
CROSS CREEK “ Meee 


THADDEUS hs ae 
EUREKA “ “a 


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MANTEO ___ LODGE, No. 8, 
MECKLENBURG DECLARA'N “ 9, 
PHALANX 3 tie | a 
‘FRANKLIN Hy eh ee % 28 


ACHOREE Naat oe edd 
The following have no seal—viz: | vr ; 
NEUSE LODGE, No. 6, 


EUREKA eS 6 7, 
CONCORDIA “ | Pema ae 
TRENT oor pin be 
WINCHESTER “ HF 16, 
COVENANT . « 6g. 17, 
SMYRNA “ “48, 
MOUNTAIN “ HE! BE 
MUCHUENA “ ae SO: 


The following have not the V. G’s. signature—viz : 
WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 3. 
CONCORDIA . ayedaed We 
There are two Reports from Washington Lodge, No. 3, bearing the same date, but 
not alike. 
There is a Report from Washington Lodge, No. 3, for the half year ending Dee. 31, 
1847. 


The following Lodges have sent their list of members—viz: 


Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2; Washington Lodge, No.3; Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4; 
Thaddeus Lodge, No.5; Neause Lodge, No. 6; Eureka Lodge, No. 7; Manteo 
Lodge, No. 8; Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge, No. 9; Phalanx Lodge, No. 10; 
Concordia Lodge, No. 11; Franklin Lodge, No. 13; Achoree Lodge, No. 14; Cove- 
nant Lodge, No.17; Mountain Lodge, No. 19; MuchuenaLodge, No. 20, 


There isno Semi-Annual Report from Henderson Lodge, No. 15, for the period em- 
braced between July 1st and December 31st, 1848. 


There is no list of members from the following Lodges—viz: 


Trent Lodge, No. 12; Henderson Lodge, No. 15; Winchester Lodge, No. 16; 
Smyrna, Lodge, No. 18. 


oe submitted, A. BETHUNE, 
WM. D. COOKE. 


The Gomuneee appointed at the last session of this Grand 
Body to memorialize the Legislature for an Act of Incorpora- 
_ tion, and to revise the Constitution and By-Laws, submitted 
a printed Report which, on motion, was received and referred 
~ to the Committee on finance. 


The Grand Representatives, P. G. M. W. H. McKee and 


P. Gr. T. Burr, submitted a Report to the Grand Lodge, 


which, on motion, was received and ordered on file. 


The following Resolution was offered and adopted : 


Resolved, That the Resolution passed at the last session of the Grand. Lodge, asseg- 
sing a tax of five per cent upon Initiations, Degrees, &e., be so construed as to take rs 


eflect from and after the first day of January, 1848. a. io 
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1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. ll 


The following, from Eureka Lodge, No. 7, was submitted 
by their Representative, and referred to the Committee on 
Petitions. 


To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the State of North Carolina: 


‘The following is an extract from the Minutes of Eureka Lodge, No, 7, April 20th, 
1849, 


Resolved, That the Representative of this Lodge be instructed to ask permission of 
the R. W. Grand Lodge of the State, for this Lodge to reinstate George W. apy 


who was expelled from this Lodge, January 21st, 1846. 
C.J. WHITE, Secretary. 


The following motion was made and carried : 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to make out the accounts of each 
Subordinate Lodge, according to the instruction given by the Grand Lodge, of the 
Resolution, reducing the per centage to 5 per cent, passing to the eredit of each Lodge, 
the amounts overpaid by them, and notifying the Lodge of the same before the time of 
Inaking out the next Semi-Annual Reports. 


On motion of Rep. John C. Wood, 


Liesolved, That the Report of the Grand Representatives be printed with the pro- 
ceedings of | this body. 


The Grand Master appointed ie. following Committee on 
the unfinished business of the last session: Reps. John C. 


Wood, D. McMillan, and Julius Wilcox. 


On motion, the Grand Lodge adjourned to 11 o'clock to- 
morrow. 


May 10th—11 o’clock, A. M. 


The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment—the Of- 
ficers all present, and a quorum of the Representatives from 
the different Lodges—and was opened with: prayer by the 
Grand Chaplain. 


‘Rep. I. Disosway was excused from serving on the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence, and Rep. J. C. Wood was appointed 
in his place. 


I 


Rep. W.S.G. Andrews moved a re-consideration of Rep. 
J.C. Wood’s Resolution relative to printing the Report of 
the Grand Representatives, which motion prevailed. When 
the following resolution was oflered by Rep. Perrin Busbee, 
which was carried : 

Resolved, That the said Resolution be so amended as to direct that said Report, or 


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such parts thereof as the Committee on the Good of the Order may deem advisable to 
be spread upon the Minutes be printed with the proceedings. 


Bro. T. M. Oliver, of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, presented his 
certificate of having passed the Chair of N. G. in said Lodge, 
which was referred to the Committee on Credentials, who 
submitted the following Report : 

The Committee on Credentials have had the certificate of Bro. 'T. M. Oliver in their 
hands, and report that he is entitled to all the past official degrees. 

I. DISOSWAY, Chairnean. 

The Special Committee upon that part of the Grand Mas- 
ter’s Report which relates to defraying the expenses of the 
Representatives, submitted the following Repert and Resolu- 
tion, which were accepted and adopted : 

The Committee to whom was referred so much of the Grand’ Master’s Commtunica- 
tion as suggested the propriety of this Grand Lodge defraying the expenses of the Rep- 
resentatives, have given the subject a careful consideration, and beg leave to Repert— 

That the subject is one of deep interest to the whole Fraternity within this jurisdic- 


tion, and your Commnittee finding that strong arguments may be adduced, both for and 
against such a proposition, would respectfully offer the following Resolutior: 

Resolved, That a Special Committee of 'Three be appointed, whose duty it shall be 
to enquire into the practicability of the measure, and report at the next regular session 
of the Grand Lodge. Committee—Reps. J. H. Manly, R. B. Haywood, and 'F. M. 
Oliver. 


Respectfully submitted, R. H. WORTHINGTON, 
,; J.B. LITTLEJOHN, 
. J.B. NEWBY. 


Rep. I. Disosway presented the certificate of Hureka Lodge, 
No. 7, showing an error in the return of dues from said Lodge 
to this body, which, on his motion, was referred to the Com- 
mittee on Returns and Reports of Subordinate Lodges. 


Rep. J. C. Wood offered the following Resolution, which 
was carried : 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary, under the direction of the Grand Master, for- 
ward to P. G. M. John Campbell, fifty dollars to be applied to educating and clothing 
the son of Bro. Archibald Boyd, dec’d., a member in good standing, of Weldon Lodge, 
No. 1, at the time of surrendering their charter to the Grand Lodge. 


Five Scarlet members petitioned for a charter to open a 
new Lodge, which was referred to the Committee on Peti- 
tions, who submitted the following Report and Resolution, 
which, on motion, was received : 

To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on Petitions, to whom was referred a petition from five Brothers © 


of Washington Lodge, No. 3, to form a Lodge at Colerain, Bertie county, to be styled 


: 


1849 | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 13 


ORIENTAL LODGE, No. 24, have examined the petitions and beg leave to offer 
the following resclution. 


Resolved, That a charter be granted the above petitioners. 
Respectfully submitted, O. W. TELFAIR, Chairman. 


Rep. P. Busbee offered the following Resolution which was 
‘agreed to: 


Resolved, That the order referring the Report of the Committee to Revise the Cons- 
titution and By-Laws to the Committee on Finance be rescinded, and the said Report 
be laid on the table. 


_ Rep. I. Disosway offered the following Resolution which 
was adopted : 


Resolved, 'That the price of withdrawal and travelling cards, charged by this Grand 
Lodge to her Subordinates, be hereafter fixed at 6 1-4 cents. 


The Committee on Returns and Reports te whom was re- 
ferred a communication from Eureka Ledge, No: 7, on the 
subject of the dues of said Lodge beg leave to submit the 
following Report : 


That they have examined the subject, and recommend that the Grand Secretary, in 
making out the dues of Eureka Lodge, No.7, receive the Report ef the Secretary of 
said Lodge as correct. 

Respectfully submitted, W. D. COOKE, 
A. BETHUNE. 


The Select Committee to whom was referred that part of 
the M. W. Grand Master’s Report touching the propriety of 
appointing an Installing Officer to each subordinate Lodge 
with certain powers and under certain circumstances, have 
had the same under consideration and beg leave to Report: 


_. To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

Upon a full investigation of the matter, they find that much embarrassment has re- 
sulted to our Grand Officers from.a want of proper promptness on the part of several 
Subordinate Lodges in making out their Semi-Annual Returns. Our Grand Officers 
have a similar duty to perform to a higher tribunal,.and‘unless there be a hearty and 
prompt co-operation amongst all the branches of the fraternity in the State, we cannot 
maintain that respectability which the objects of Odd Fellowship demand at our hands, 
and which we feel we deserve when we look back upon the rugged steep which we 
have climbed. The more important does the recommendation of our M. W. Grand 
Master seem when the rapid growth of our Order in this jurisdiction is considered, and 
when we reflect that even in those States, from which we have looked for examples of 
wisdom, derived only from greater numbers and experience, it has been found necessa- 
ry to pursue a similar course. And to continue to secure to the Order in the State, the 
services of those who are well qualified by character and influence to be their Grand 
Officers, it is imperative upon the Subordinates to make as easy and pleasant as possi- 
ble the duties imposed upon their time and personal services, whose only compensation 
is a conscientious pride of being the active promoters of benevolence and charity. Your 
Committee therefore unite in recommending the following Resolution : 


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Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master shall, and he is hereby empowered to ap- 
point from among the Past Grands of each Subordinate Lodge in the State, an In- 
stalling Officer, whose duty it shall be to install the several Officers of his Lodge, as 
well as to receive all correspondence from the G. M., relating to the P. W.’s, for each 
term ani the said Installing Officer shall not communicate the P. W. to the said Lodge 
or proceed to invest the Officers with their authority until he is satisfied that the provis- 
ions of the Ist section of the 18th Article of the Constitution of the R. W. Grand Lodge 
‘of North Carolina is complied with. 
Respectfully submitted, J.H. MANLY, 
W.S. G. ANDREWS. 
A. JOHNSON. 


On motion of Rep. I. Disosway, the above Iteport was ac- 
cepted and the lesolution adopted. 

The Committee on Petitions,to whom was referred that 
portion of the Grand Master’s Report, recommending that 
charters be granted to six new Lodgcs, viz: 

SMYRNA LODGE, NO. 18, 
MOUNTAIN dea $8 
MUCHUENA “ ba, 
BUENA VISTA“ er 


TUSCARORA “ eae? 
TRYON re wee GF 


Offered the following Resolution, which was agreed to: 


Resolved, That charters be granted the above named Lodges. 
Respectfully submitted, O. W. TELFAIR, Chairman. 


The Committee on the State of the Order to whom was 
referred certain portions of the Report of the M. W. Grand 
Master, beg leave to submit the following Resolutions which 
were accepted and adopted : 


Resolved, That the action of the Grand Master in granting a dispensation to Win- 
chester Lodge, No. 16, to change the time of meeting from Friday to Saturday ; and 
also, dispensations to Neuse Lodge, No. 6, and Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, to hold their 
regular mectings on Tuesday nights during Court weeks, be approved by this Grand 
Lodge. 

Resolved, That the dispensation granted Eureka Lodge, No. 7, to have Lectures 
delivered for the good of the Order be approved. 


Resolved, That inasmuch as Article Ist, Sec. 11. Division 3, page 45 of the Digest 
requires that State Grand Lodges shall “ enact laws to restrict processions and public 
displays in regalia within their respective jurisdictions, and to regulate the delivery of 
Lectures upon matters connected with the Order,” be it therefore 

Resolved, That no Subordinate Lodge within this jurisdiction shall have any pro- 
cession or public display in Regalia (funeral occasions excepted) without permission 
first had and obtained from the Grand Lodge or Grand Master. 

Resolved further, That no Subordinate Lodge within this jurisdiction shall have 
any public address or Lecture without permission first had and obtained from the Grand 
Lodge or Grand Master. But they may be allowed to have private addresses or lec- 


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tures (not oftener than once a month) delivered in the Lodge room by one of their cwn 
members. . 


J.B. NEWBY, 
T. H. HARDENBERGH. 
W.5S. G. ANDREWS. 


Rep. J. B. Littlejohn submitted the following Query, and 
moved its reference to the Committee on the State of the 
Order : 

Query—Can a subordinate Lodge be allowed to exempt its Chaplain from the pay- 
ment of dues, in consideration of his not claiming benefits. 

The Cammtttee on Correspondence submitted the follow- 
ing Report which was received : 


That they have discharged their duty, and after carefully examining the correspondence 
of this Grand Lodge, find nothing for the consideration of this body. The G. M. hay- 
ing summed up, in a clear and conspicuous manner, the substance of the entire cor- 
respondence in his official Report. 

JOHN C. WOOD, Chairman. 


Rep. J. HW. Manly submitted a communication from a Broth- 
er, relative to a paper to be connected with the Order in the 
State, and also offered the following Resolution which was 
adupted : 

Resolved, That the above be referred to a Select Committee of Three. 

The Chair named the following as the Committee—Reps. 
Worthington, Littlejohn and Oliver. 

Rep. Audrews made a motion to proceed to the nomination 
of officers, which was carried. 

P. G. W.S. G. Andrews nominated P. G. J. B. Newby for Grand. Master 


« ‘J. H. Manly “ « Julius Wilcox “ 

Say fl Me Oliver v * R.B. Haywood “ in 

« J. B. Littlejohn “ Ed. Yarborough “ ” 

“« J. H. Manly * “ W.M. Puryear “ D. G. eae 
“ I. Disosway x “« J.C. Wood s 

“« J.B. Littlejohn = “ Alex. Bethune “ * 

“J. Disosway “ W.D.Cooke “ G. Seeretary. 
“ —_W. D. Cooke He “ Julius Wilcox “ G. Warden. 
« —s-W. H. McKee " “« —D. McMillan “ G. Treasurer. 
« —_-‘T. H. Hardenbergh ¥ “ J. H. Washington G. [tep. 
“J. B. Littlejohn s aE Alls ea EA Ry a 

« $8. G. Smith be *« —Jobn Shaw * = 

ST - OY Wood ¢ “Perrin Busbee ‘“ Alternate Rep 
“I. Disosway ¢ « J.C.B.Ehringhaus “ = “~ 

“ —_ W.H. McKee Ms “ Rev. A. P. Repiton G. Chaplain. 


The Committee on Petitions submitted the following Report 
and Resolution: . 


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-To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: : 

The Committee on Petitions, to whom was referred the réqifest from Eureka nite, 
No. 7, to permit her to reinstate Geo. W. Denby who was. expelled from said Lodge, 
January 21, 1846, respectfully report, that under the existing law, Art. 19 of the Gene- 
tal Laws. ‘The power does not exist under which'this Grand Lodge can act unless 
Eureka Lodge asks a reversal of her decision, which in the communication now before 
your Committee she does not ask ; therefore 


Resolved,;That the request be not complied with. 
Respecifully submitted, O. W. TELFAIR, 
Rk. B. HAYWOOD, 
JOHN H. MANLY. 


On motion of Rep. Wm. D. Cooke the above was laid on 
the table. 

The Standing Committee to whom was referred the follow- 
ing Query: “Can a Subordinate Lodge be allowed to exempt 
its Chaplain from payment of dues, in consideration of his 
claiming no benefits?” submitted the following Resolution 
which was accepted and adopted : 


Resolved, That as the members composing a Subordinate Lodge shall each pay into 
the funds of such Lodge a sum not less than 6 1-4 cents per week: Therefore, no Sub- 
ordinate Lodge has the power to exempt any of its members from the payment of 
weekly dues, without the consent of the Grand Lodge. 
Respectfully submitted, J.B. NEWBY, 
T. H. HARDENBERGH, 
W.S. G. ANDREWS. 


The Committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to Re- 


port 
That they do not find in the proceedings ot the last session of the Grand Lodge any 
unfinished business. 
JOHN C. WOOD, 
D. McMILLAN, 
J. WILCOX. 


REPORT 
OF THE GRAND REPRESENTATIVES,G. L. U.S. 


To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


At your last Annual Communication, in May, it was your plea- 
sure to elect the undersigned to represent you in the Grand Lodge 
‘of the United States. They fully appreciate that honor, and here 
beg leave te return their acknowledgments for this mark of the re- 
newed evidence of the confidence of the Grand Lodge. In accepting 
so pleasant a duty, they could but naturally feel their want of proper 
ability to do that justice to the State; which she is so pre-eminently 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 17 


worthy of in taking her position along with those of other Repre- 
sentatives. It was gratifying to us to see so full a delegation from 
all the States—men of ability, experience and devotedness to the af- 
fairs of the Order—yet bound together by the invisible and power- 
ful links of a common idea and feeling: In conformity with usage, 
they herewith submit an epitome of the proceedings of that body at 
its last session, witha bound copy, vol. 2, of their proceedings in 
1847. 

The Grand Lodge of the United States convened in the city of 
Baltimore, on Monday, Sept. 18th, i848, and continued in session the 
remainder of the week. 

On the second day of the session, the following Officers were 
elected for the term, commencing from the next Annual meeting in 
September. : 


P. G. M., Robert H Griffin, of Georgia, M. W. Grand Sire. 
e «  « Asher 8. Kellogg, of Michigan, M. W. D. Grand Sire. 
« « « James L. Ridgely, of Maryland, R. W. Grand Cor. and 
Rec. Secretary. 
«6 Andrew E. Warner, of Maryland, R. W. Grand Treas’r. 


From the continued increase of the Order, the Grand Lodge 
found it necessary that provisions should be made for its extension 
upon the Pacific coast, and the following resolution was adopted: 

“ Resolved, That the R. W. Grand Sire be and he is hereby em- 
powered to appoint (should he be satisfied with his character and 
qualifications) P.G. and P. C. P. Alexander V. Frasier, of the 
District of Columbia, a speciat Deputy with full powers to establish 
and supervise the Order in California and Oregon, and in the Islands 
of the Pacific Ocean, during the pleasure of this Grand Lodge, and 
that the said Special Deputy be required to report to this body at its 
annual sessions the state and condition of the Order in his jurisdic- 
tion, with such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem 
beneficial to its interest. . 

Tn conformity with this resolution, P. G. and P. C. P. Alexander 
V. Frasier has been appointed Special Deputy ; although this dele- 
gation of power to a single individual over so extensive a region of 
country, was in the opinion of many, unusual and liable to abuse, 
yet your representatives voted in its favor, because his character as 
a citizen and Odd Fellow was unexceptionable, and his position as 
chief of the Revenue Service of the United States, gave him pecu- 
liar advantages for the mission; and because the occasion demanded 


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a large grant of authority, for the introduction of the benign princi- 
ples and harmonizing influences of the Institution of Odd Fellow- 
ship in that distant land—vast in extent, valuable in resources, and 
to which an increased emigration is rapidly tending. 

Excelsior Lodge, No. 1, Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands, made 
application to the Grand Lodge of the United States for relief. 

A Resolution was reported by the Committee to whom the sub- 
ject was referred, and passed, instructing the Grand Cor. and Rec. 
Secretary to issue a circular to the State Grand Lodges and Grand 
Encampments, requesting these bodies to cause the subject to be 
submitted to the subordinates, soliciting contributions for the purpose 
of erecting an Odd Fellows Hall in the town of Honolulu, Oahu, in 
the Sandwich Islands, and that the Grand Cor. and Rec. Secretary 
was to receive such contributions, and when a sufliciency had been 
contributed for that purpose, he was to have a house framed with all 
the necessary work and materials for its completion, and to ship the 
same to the Brothers of Excelsior Lodge, to be put up at Honolulu. 
We would recommend this to your very favorable attention, and 
through youto your subordinate Lodges, as a subject well worthy 
of your and their consideration. This Lodge is peculiarly situated, 
at a port greatly resorted to by American vessels, and other seafare- 
ing members. They are very frequently called upon to contribute 
to the wants of members who go out upon the sea, and during the 
last year they have given in this way over two thousand dollars, a 
sum quite sufficient to have erected a good wooden building for the 
transaction of their business ; and they now only ask of their broth- 
ers of the Order, in the United States, a portion of their free offer- 
ings. 

The Report of the Finance Committee makes the following ex- 
hibit of the state of the Finances. 





Total unappropriated cash in the Treasury was $4,299 49 

Sixty-four shares of Ohio 6 per cent State Stocks, 
which cost $5,017. but which is now valued at 6,400 00 
Maryland State Stocks, 2,800 00° 
Total available means, $13,499 49 
Amount due Grand Lodge U.S. by Grand Bodies, 4,846 97 
818,346 46 


In addition to this amount, the value of the other property of the 
Grand Lodge, consisting of Books, copies of the Digest of Laws, 


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Proceedings, Odes, Furniture, &c., &c. must be added, which will 
probably increase it to a sum Sxcalniris $20,000. 

A communication was received from the Representatives of the 
Grand Lodge of Maryland, setting forth the pecuniary distress of 
P, G. Sire, Wildey, and requesting of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States to lend its aid in giving the old Patriarch relief. It is known 
to every one that P. G. Sire, Thomas Wildey is the venerable Patri- 
arch and founder of the Order in the United States, whose efforts in 
the cause of philanthropy have been crowned with such glorious and 
endearing results, without any imprudent or improper act, became 
involved in deep pecuniary distress. A. Special Committee, to whom 
the subject was referred, advised the following recommendations: 

First. An appropriation out of the uninvested and invested funds 
of the Grand Lodge, sufficient to pay off the incumbrances, which 
amounted to about $8,000, on his property; receiving at the same 
time formal assignments of the judgments, mortgages and other 
claims, and holding them as collateral security for the reimbursement 
of the sum so advanced. 

“Second. That the Secretary address a circular letter to each Grand 
Master and G, Patriarch, requesting them to refer the subject to their 
respective Subordinates, and receive from the several Grand Secreta- 
ries and Grand Scribes whatever contributions might be made, until 
the amount contributed should equal the sum advanced by the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, carrying the contributions so received to 
the credit of the (so styled) Wildey Fund, in the books of the Grand 
Lodge, and making a full report thereof at the next Communication, 
and notifying the several authorities whenever the contributions ex- 
ceed the necessary amount, so that they may cease. And lastly, for 
the purpose of procuring comfort for his remaining days, that the 
Suberdinate Lodges and Encampments be requested to bestow on 
him a small annuity to be collected and transmitted as the “ Fund”. 
aforesaid, and to be styled the “ Wildey Annuity.” 

These recommendations received the vote of your Representatives, 
and of a very large majority of the members of the Grand Lodge of 
the United States. 

A Resolution was passed, after meeting with considerable opposi- 
tion, authorizing the appointment of a Committee to draft a uniform 
Constitution for the government of the State Grand Lodges and En- 
campments, and report it at the next meeting of the Grand Lodge of 
the United States, in September, 1849, 

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The Committee, under the above Resolution, is an able one, and 
will doubtless endeavor to perfect an instrument in accordance with 
approved principles, and framed to meet the varied necessities of the 
different State Institutions. 

The following decisions upon general principles were submitted 


by Reports of Committees and approved by the Grand Lodge. 


¢ That by voluntarily withdrawing from the duties of a station, an 
Officer forfeits the honors thereof, and the successor who fills the du- 
ties of the unexpired term, becomes entitled to the said honors,” . 

“Tn case that a Brother has neglected to pay his dues for such a 
length of time as to be debarred by the rules of his Lodge from re- 
ceiving benefits while sick, he cannot be permitted, while he contin- 
ues sick, to come in and pay his dues, so as to entitle te to bene- 
fits.” 

“The State Grand Lodges have the power to authorize their 
subordinates to hold Lodge meetings once a month, or at such times 
and intervals as they may think proper.” 

“That it shall be the duty of the Scribes of each Encampment to 
furnish the Secretary of each subordinate Lodge a list of the mem- 
bers of said Lodge who are also members of such Encampment, and 
it shall be the duty of each Secretary to advise each Scribe, within 
a reasonable time, of the granting of a Withdrawal Card to any 
member of his Lodge, who is also a member of such Encampment, 
and also of the suspensions, expulsions, or reinstatements of any 
such member. 


The Grand Lodge of the United States will not recognize the ex- 
istence of movable Lodges or Encampments whether Grand or Sub- 
ordinate. 

It is now left to the State Grand Lodges to adopt such Regalia as 
they may prefer for Funeral occasions instead of, or in connection 
with that heretofore prescribed. 

“Encampment Regalia is not to be worn in the Subordinate Lodge 
of which a brother is a member, nor is he allowed to sit, speak or 
vote in the Lodge unless clthed in the regalia of his degree. 

Charters were granted during the session for six Subordinate 
Lodges and twenty-two Subordinate Encampments, and for the re- 


instatement of Grand Encampments in the States of Delaware, Alaba- 
and Louisiana. 


* 


The New York question was one of considerable interest, and re- 
ceived the earliest attention of the Grand Lodge, by the appointment 


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1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Da 


of a Special Committee of five, who were elected, and the whole sub- 
ject submitted to their consideration with instructions to report a full 
history of its condition. After a week’s laborious deliberation they 
finally made an able Report, (the majority of them) sustaining the 
Grand Sire and the old Constitution. ‘The Report was adopted by a 
large majority of the vote of the Grand Lodge. For the better un- 
derstanding of which we will refer you to the proceedings of the 
Grand Lodge as published. 

‘In accordance with instructions, the Report of the Committee on 
the State of the Order adopted at the last session of this Grand Lodge 
(page 17, of the proceedings) was presented and ordered to be laid 
on the table. It will probably be taken up at the next session of the 
Gaand Lodge of the United States, and finally disposed of. 

The consent of the Grand Lodge of the United States, with regard 
to the removal of the sittings of the Grand Lodge from Wilmington 
to Raleigh, was obtained without difficulty. 

An amendment to the Constitution, adopted at the session of 1847, 
touching the classification of Representatives, rendered it necessary 
that the term of service of Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the 
- United States, should be decided by lot, which was accordingly 
done, and ballots having been prepared were drawn with the follow- 
ing result: | 
WILLIAM H. McKEE, for one year. 

T. BURR, for two years. 


The term of service of Rep. McKee having expired, a new elec- 
tion to supply the vacancy becomes necessary on the part of this 
body. | 

A very full Report upon the unwritten or unpublished work of 
the Order was presented by the Committee previously appointed 
for that purpose, which, after discussion and amendment, was 
adopted, and remains now unalterable and unchangeable, unless by 
the unanimous consent of the Grand Lodge of the United States. 
As in all probability this cannot be obtained, a very desirable object 
has been secured—viz : uniformity in the work. 

The following amendment, offered at a previous session, was 
adopted, and. now forms a part of the Constitution of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States : 

“ The unwritten work of the Order shall in no wise he altered 
or amended, except by a unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge ; and. 
the written work of the Order shall in no wise be altered or amend- 


2 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1843. 


ed, except with the concurrence of four-fifths of the members. of 
the Grand Lodge. 

By a Resolution adopted at the last session, it was made the 
duty of the Representatives to eorrectiy instruct the respective 
Grand Bodies which they represented in the actual work of the 
Order.” 

The undersigned will communicate the unpublished work as 
they received it, at such time as you may be pleased to designate. 


Respectfully submitted, 
W.H. McKEE, 


TALCUT BURR, Jr. 


Rep. Julius Wilcox offered the following Resolution, which 
was accepted : 


Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are due, and: are hereby tendered to 
P. Gs. W. H. McKee and T. Burr, Jr., Representatives of this Grand Lodge to the 
Grand Lodge of the United States, for the able manner in which they have filled the 
station. 


On motion of Rep. W.S. G. Andrews, the Lodge proceeded 
to the election of Officers for the ensuing year which resulted 
as follows : | 

Most Worthy Grand Master, 
J. B. NEWBY, of Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4. 
Right Worthy Deputy Grand Master, 
A. BETHUNE, of Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge, No. 9 
Right Worthy Grand Secretary, : 
WM. D. COOKE, of Manteo Lodge, No. 8. 
Right Worthy Grand Warden, 
JULIUS WILCOX, of Muchuena Lodge, No. 20. 
Right Worthy Grand Treasurer, 
D. McMILLAN, of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 
Right Worthy Grand Representative, 

JOHN H. MANLY, of Manteo Lodge, No. 8 
Right Worthy Grand Alternate Representative, 
J.C. B. EHRINGHAUS, of Achoree Lodge, No. 14. 
Right Worthy Grand Chaplain, 

Rev. A. PAUL REPITON, of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 


On motion, the Grand Lodge adjourned to 8 o’clock, P.M. 


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1849 | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 23 


8 o’ CLOCK, P. M. 


The Right Worthy Grand Lodge met according to ad- 
journment, and a quorom of the Officers and Reprevenrstives 
being present, proceeded to business. 

Rep. W. H. McKee offered the fghomips Resolution which 


was adopted : 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to transmit, immediately after 
their reception, to each Subordinate Lodge, a copy of the Journal of the Proceedings of 
the Grand Lodge of the United States. 


On motion, the R. W. Grand Lodge proceeded to install 
the Officers elect—viz: 


J. B. Newsy, of Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4, Most Worthy 
Grand Master. 


Axexanper Brruuns, of Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge, 


No. 9, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. 
Wa. D. Cooxe, of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, R. W. Grand 


Secretary. 


Junius Witcox, of Muchuena Lodge, No. 20, R. W. Grand 
Warden. 


D. McMituay, of Cape Pear Lodge, No. 2, R. W. Grand 


Treasurer. 


Rev. A. P. Rerrron, of Cape ake Lodge, No. 2, Ff. As 
Grand Chaplain. 


P. G. M.1. C. Justice presented his certificate as Repre- 
sentative from Eureka Lodge, No. 7, also, a certificate from 
Tuscarora Lodge, No, 22, requesting P. G. M. I. Disosway or 
P. G. M.1. C. Justice to act as their Representative, which 
certificates were referred to the Committee on Credentials; 
who submitted the following Report: 


To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

‘The Committee on Credentials, to whom was referred the credentials of P. G. T, 
Cicero Justice as the Representative of Eureka Lodge, No. 7, have had the same under 
consideration, and beg leave to Report, that the same is regular and in due form, and 
that he is entitled to his seat as Representative of said Lodge. 

The Committee also Report, that P. G. I. C. Justice is regularly certified as the proxy 
Representative of Tuscarora Lodge, No.-22, and is entitled as such to represent said 
Lodge in this body. 


Respectfully submitted, + L DISOSWAY, Chairman. 


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Rep. T. H. Hardenbergh offered the following PRESET Oy 
which was adopted : 


Resolved, That the Report of the Committee on the Revision of the Constitution and 
By-Laws be made the special order of the day at 11 o’clock to-morrow. 


The Committee to whom was referred the Communication 
on the subject of a Periodical connected with the Order to be 
published in Raleigh, believing that the various publications 
of the day on that subject are not calculated to promote the 
cause of Odd Fellowship, but rather to retard its progress, beg 
leave to offer the following Resolution which was accepted 
and adopted : 


Reselved, That it is unwise and inexpedient for this body to lend its patronage in 
the present instance. 
a R. H. WORTHINGTON, 
THOS. W. OLIVER, 
J.B. LITTLEJOHN. 
Rep. I. Disosway offered the following Resolution which 
was unanimously adopted : 


Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are due, and are hereby tendered to 
P. G. M., Benjamin F. Hanks for the able, impartial and dignified manner in which 
he has presided over the deliberations of this body and discharged the duties incident to 
the office of G. M. of the State. 


Rep. W- H. McKee gave instruction to the Grand Lodge 
on the unwritten work of the Order. 

On motion, the Grand Lodge adioleped ss to 11 o'clock to- 
morrow. 


May 11th—11 o’clock, A. M. 


The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment—the Of. 
ficers all present, and a quorum of the Representatives from 
the different Lodges—and was opened with prayer by P. 
G., Rev. A, Paul Repiton, after which the Grand Lodge pro- 
ceeded to business. 


The printed Benou of. the Committee appointed at the 
last annual Communication to revise the Constitution and 
General Laws was taken up. 


Rep. W. H. McKee moved to alter the 5th Section of Ar-_ 


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1849. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 25 


ticle 2d, of the Constitution, so as to read, “ Third’ Wednes- 
day in May, instead of “ Second’—when, on motion of Rep. 
T. M. Oliver it was indefinitely, postponed. 


The 5th Section of Article 2d of the Constitution was 
amended so as to read “ Semi-Annual,” instead of “ quarterly” 
reports. | 

The 2d Section of Article 11th of the Constitution was 
amended so as to read, “A sum not exceeding,’ instead of 
“the sum of” ten per cent. 

The 7th Section of Article 12th of the Constitution was 
amended so as to read, “ When Past Grands of any Lodge 
are equally divided, th Representative thereof elect shall give 
the vote,” instead of “ When Past Grands of Lodges are equal- 
ly divided the vote shall be forfeited.” 


The yeas and nays being called on the above amendments; 
resulted as follows: | 


_ Those who voted in the affirmative were : 
Reps. Wood, Repiton, Cooke, Hardenbergh, Justice, Oliver, 


Smith, Telfair, Wilcox, Manly, McMillan, Johnson, Puryear, 
Haywood and Bethue—15. 


Those-who voted in the negative are: 
Reps. McKee, Worthington, Busbee, and Littlejohn—4. 


The 17th Article of the Constitution was amended so as to 
require the appointment of eight Standing Committees at 
every regular Annual Communication. 


On motion of Rep. I. Disosway the following Proviso was 
added to Article 19, of the General Laws: 


“ Provided, nevertheless, That when a member is expelled 
for non payment of dues, he may be re-instated without the 
intervention of the Grand Lodge, by such a vote as would be 
necessary to admit a new member.” 


Article 38 of the General Laws was added to Article’ 19th 
as the 2d Section of that Article. 


Article 32d of the General Laws was expunged. 
Article 38d of the General Laws was amended so as to 


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read, “ Any Brother who shail have drawn his certificate of 
membership from the Lodge whereunto he was connected, is 
entitled to the A. T. P. in use at the time, and retains the 


ri ght to visit with that word for a year.” 


Article 39th of the General Laws was expunged, 


—[ 1849. 


The Constitution and General Laws were then, on motion, 


adopted. 


The Committee on Constitutions and By Laws offered the 


following Report and Resolutions which were accepted and 


adopted : 


To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


Your Committee have examined the Constitution and By-Laws of the following 
Lodges, which are all that have been submitted for the examination of the Commit- 


tee—viz: Nos. 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 20, 21. 


None of these are tree from error. 


As the General Laws have undergone an entire revision, the Committee recommend 
the adoption of the accompanying Resolutions as the best means of producing con- 


formity thereto on the part of Subordinates. 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be, and he is hereby instructed to forward to 
“each Subordinate Lodge within this jurisdiction, one or more copies of the “ General 


& 


Laws” as soon as practicable after the adjournment of this body. 


esolved, That all Subordinate Lodges within this jurisdiction are particularly en- 
;joined to make their Constitution and By-Laws conform to the “ General Laws’* and 


to forward a copy to this Grand Lodge at its next communication. 


Respectfully submitted, 


J.B. LITTLEJOHN, 
The Select Committee on Grand Master’s Communication 
~~ reported as follows, which was received: 


T. H. HARDENBERGH, | 


W.H. McKEE, 


To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the State of North Carolina: 


The Select Committee to whom was referred that portion of the Grand Master’s 
Report relative tothe 33d Article of the General Laws, have performed their duty, and 
find that it is in direct conflict with the laws of the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
which declares al! Odd Fellows entitled to visit twelve months on their withdrawal 
cards. They, therefore, recommend that “ three times” be stricken out of the General 


Laws, and that “ twelve months” be inserted. 


Respectfully submitted, 


‘ 


Rh. B. HAYWOOD, 


A. BETHUNE. 


W. M. PERYEAR. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 3-0’clock, P. M. 


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4849 ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. a 
Bi. 


3 O'CLOCK, P. M. 

The Right Worthy Grand Lodge met according to ad- 
journment, and a quorum of the dean and Representatives 
being present, proceeded to busmess. 

The reading of the Constitution and By-Laws was con- 
tinued and completed—when, on motion, they were adepted 
as a whele. 

Rep. A. Paul Repiton offerred the following Resolutions 
which were adopted: 


Resolved, That the Constitution and General Laws of this Grand Body be printed 
with the proceedings of the present session, for the benefit of Subordinate Lodges. 


Resolved, That the P. G. Secretary prepare the Minutes of this session for printing, 
and forward the same to P. G. Wm. D. Cooke, Grand Secretary elect, who shall have 
750 copies of the same printed as soon as practicable and as cheap as possible. 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary have a longer time than the Ist of July to ar- 
range the financial affairs connected with the returns from Subordinates. 


The following Resolution was offered and adopted : 


Resolved, That all monies due the Grand Lodge from Subordinate Lodges shall be 
paid to the Grand Secretary, who shall keep an account of the same, and pay over the 
amounts received to the Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt for the same. 


On motion of Rep. I. Cicero Justice, 


Resolved, That the Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States be in- 
structed to enquire of that Grand Body how an Odd Fellow, whose withdrawal card 
has expired, sha!l proceed to connect himself with a Lodge. 


Rep. A. Paul Repiton offered the following Resolution 
which was agreed to: 


Resolved, That this Grand Lodge lend the Grand Encampment seven ty-fi¥e dollars 
to be returned at the next Annual Communication of the same. 


Rep. Alexander Bethune submitted an appeal from a mem- 
ber of Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge, No. 9, which, on 
motion, was referred to a Select Committee of Three. 

The Chair appointed the following as the Committee— 
Reps. Rh. B. Haywoed, J. H. Manly and J. C. Wood. 

The Committee on Finance submitted the fellowing Report 
which was accepted? 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on Finance respectfully Report that they have examined the ac~ 
‘counts of the R. W..Grand T'reastrer, and find that he has in hand and balance due 


the Grand Lodge in Cash, $698 99 
Due from Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, by note dated and 

due, May 26th, 1847,for . . . St, oe. oy AecuO 
Due from da Lodge, No. 6, by we) ENTE OEie 300 


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Due from Eureka Lodge, No. 7, by note, a balance, , 257°79 
Amount of interest due on above notes, about . . . 35 50 $893 29 








d ; $1592 08 
Credit by bills paid during present session of the G. L. 414 27 
$1177 81 


The Committee have also examined sundry bills and find them correct and recom- 
mend that they be passed. 
Respectfully submitted, W. D. COOKE, 


T. H. HARDENBERGH, 
‘ I. CICERO JUSTICE. 
The following Past Grands were appointed Installing Off- 


cers—viz: 








LODGES. INSTALLING OFFICERS. LODGES. INSTALLING OFFICERS. 
No. 2 JOHN C. WOOD, No. 3 F. M. CAPEHART, 
RE JOHN SHAW, aos L. C. HUBBARD, 
F06 CHARLES J. NELSON, BY. I. DISOSWAY, 
Sao 8 T. M. OLIVER, pare) JOHN A. YOUNG, 
on 10 T. H. HARDENBERGH, ar A. T. ARUNDEL, 
tad 82 J. C. BRYAN, ihe BENJ. B. LEWIS, 
sec J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS, teas), BURWELL,. 
“ 16 D. G. FURGUSON, LORRY. GOOLD HOYT, 
+ as M. T. ARUNDEL, Mei 6] JASPER STOWE, 
* 20: DAVID PARRISH, a 21 
“Cm ae THOMAS WOODLEY, Sal 5 HAYDEN, 


P. G.O. W. TELFAIR of Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, was 
appointed Worthy Grand Conductor. 


P.G. G. J. MUSGRAVE, Achoree Lodge, No. 14, was 
appointed Worthy Grand Guardian. | 
The: following appointments of District Deputy Grand 
Masters were made—viz: 
Wilmington District. » 
JOHN C. WOOD, Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 
Raleigh District. 
J. B. LITTLEJOHN, Franklin Lodge, No. 18. 
Newbern District. 
J. CICERO JUSTICE, Hureka Lodge, No. 7. 
Roanoke District. 
R. H. WORTHINGTON, Washington Lodge No. 3. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow. 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 929 


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- May 12th, 1849—9 o’clock, A. M. 


The Grand Lodge met. according to adjournment—the Of- 
ficers all present, and a quorum of the Representatives from 
the different Lodges—and proceeded to business. 

The Committee on the appeal from Mecklenburg Declara- 
tion Lodge, No. 9, submitted the following Report and Reso- 
lutions which was accepted and the Resolutions adopted. 

To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Select Committee to whom was referred the appeal of E. C. Greer to this Grand 
Lodge, from the action of Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge, submit the following 
Report: That upen a fair investigation of the case, both by the appellant and the N. 
G. of said Lodge, they are clearly of the opinion that the course pursued in this case 
has been illegal and hasty. The Committee will not presume to enlarge upon the 
propriety of Brothers every where taking much time in satisfying themselves that they 
are not forced by any temporary excitement, to distain the character of one to whom 
they are bound in the tenderest ties of charity and kindness—to be pointed out as not 
only unworthy of the sympathies, but entitled to the scorn and contempt of more than 
one hundred thousand of his fellow-citizens, is a matter of serious consideration as well 
to the tribunal which consigns, as to the unhappy man who receives its sentence. Our 
Grand Sires in their wisdom have ordered that time, much time shall be taken, not 
alone that the individual charged may have notice and an opportunity of defending 
himself, but that those who have the jadgment to render, may be free of any prejudice 
which a misguided and cruel public opinion too often uncharitably excites—time to* 
reflect upon the consequences to him whom they have called Brother—time that the 
judgment may be convinced, and the heart treat with itselt of charity. Your Committee 
are not informed of the offence for which E. C. Greer has been arraigned and expelled ; 
nor would it be necessary, even were the facts in the case before them, to express any 
opinion on them to decide this matter, for the General Laws of the Order have been 
violated and set at naught—your Committee are unanimously of the opinion that un- 
der 19th Article of General Laws it is not in the power of a Subordinate Lodge to 
expell a member without the publication of the motion in open Lodge for at least two 
regular meetings ; and it is not in the power of a Lodge to alter, amend or annul any 
of the General Laws ; most assuredly it cannot be done by the consent or request of a 
single member, whether he be the individual charged or not (see Art. 35 General Laws.) 

Your Committee could point out other objections to the legality of the proceedings 
in the cascviz : the alteration of the motion from that to suspend, to that of expulsion 
without due notice to the Lodge and the accused, (Digest of Laws of G. L. U.S. for 
the government of Subordinate Grand Lodges, page 50, Sec. 27.) Also, in the absence 
of the accused to admit new and exparte testimony after the evidence had been de- ‘ 
clared closed. 

The Committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following Resolutions: 

Resolved, That the proceedings of Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge being in conflict 
both with 19th and 35th Article of General Laws, were illegal and therefore void. 

Resolved, That Bro. E. C. Greer is hereby reinstated to his original position as an 
Independent Odd Fellow, and that Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge be instructed to 
institute new proceedings in the matter, provided, in their judgment, it be proper and 
for the good of the Order. 


Respectfully submitted, R. B. HAYWOOD, 
J.C. WOOD, 
J.H. MANLY, 


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30 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE { 1849. 


Rep. L. Cieero. Justice offered the following Resolution 
which was adopted : 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to purchase a Seal Press for the 
Grand Lodge, on as good terms as possible. 


Rep. T. H. Hardenbergh offered the following Resolution 
which was adopted : 


Resolved, That the Funeral Regalia, described page 30 of the Digest, be adopted as 
Funeral Regalia until this Grand Lodge orders differently. 


On motion of Rep. O. W. Telfair, 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to purchase Jewels of Office for 
the. Officers of the Grand Lodge [. O. O. F. State of North Carolina. 


On motion of Rep. T. H. Hardenbergh it was 


Resolved, That for the year 1849, Subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of this 
Grand Lodge shall be assessed and required to pay over to the Installing Officer five 
per cent on their innitiations, degrees, deposit, cards and dues. 


On motion of Rep. Julius Wilcox, 


Resolved, That the cordial thanks of this Grand Lodge be tendered to the members 
of Manteo Lodge,. No. 8, and Raleigh Encampment, No. 5, for the hearty reception 
and generous hospitality extended’ by them to the members of this Grand Body, and 
that the Grand Secretary be requested to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the above 


gamed Lodge and Encampment. 


The Grand Lodge adjourned with prayer by the Grand 
©haplain. 


A. PAUL REPITON, Grand Secretary. 


RESOLUTIONS CONTINUING IN FORCE, 
ADOPTED AT VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS 


——— et 


In ballotting for candidates for Degrees, the Lodge should 
be opened in each separate Degree which they propose to 
take, and in all cases of balloting, those only of the Degree 
applied for should be entitled to vote, and the rule as to what 
shall elect be the same as in the reception of members. 


Resolved, That this Grand Lodge is pledged to provide for: 
the education of orphan children of the members of this Ord- 
er, whose circumstances shall require such aid as the Lodges: 
to which their fathers belonged shall be unable to extend 
them. . | 

Resolved, That the surplus funds of the Grand Lodge be 
placed at interest, until required, to enable the Grand Master 
to carry out the object of the foregoing resolution. 


Resolved, That whenever a Lodge shall surrender its Chart- 
er to this Grand Lodge, it shall be the duty of the Secretary 
of such Lodge, to furnish the Grand Lodge a list of the names. 
of all the members of such Lodge, showing the standing of 
each member, the amount of liabilities to, and amounts due 
by such Lodge; also the number and names of widows and 
orphans of deceased members. And that the Grand Secretary 
shall issue a certificate or card to the widows of such deceased 
members as were in good standing at the time of their death. 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to keep 
an accurate list of the names of all widows and orphans of 
deceased Brethren, which may from time to time be thus 
brought to his notice, on the books of the Grand Lodge.— 
| Adopted, May, 1844. | 

Resolved, That the R. W. Grand Treasurer be authorized 


to invest in Stock of the Bank of Cape Fear, or Bank of the 
° ae 


, 
32 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE { 1849. 


State, such surplus funds belonging to this Grand Lodge as 
he may from time to time deem necessary. 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to have 
blank forms cf Reports printed for the use of the Subordinate 
Lodges.—[ Adopted, May, 1845.] 


On the subject of filling vacancies to the Grand Lodge of 
the United States, we would suggest, in addition to a Repre- 
sentative, the appointment of an Alternate, and in case of 
failure on the part of the Delegate and Alternate, to represent 
this Grand Lodge, that the Grand Master be and he is hereby 
empowered to select a suitable individual to attend to this 
duty. By adopting this plan your Committee feel assured 
that a Representative would be secured. 

Resolved, That the suggestion be adopted. 


- Resolved, That the Officers of this Grand Lodge receive 
from her funds the amount of their travelling and incidental 
expenses whilst engaged in attendance on the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved, That in all cases of application for the establish- 
ment of new Lodges within the jurisdiction of this Grand 
Lodge, the travelling expenses of the Installing officer shall 
be paid by the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved, That this Grand Lodge furnish all her subordi- 
nates with the the Revised Work of the Order free of charge. 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Grand Lodge that 
the fund set apart by the several Subordinate Lodges for the 
benefit of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Brothers, and 
also the Orphan School Fund, is not subject to the tax of 10 
per cent to the Grand Lodge. 


Whereas, it is desirable that uniformity should be observed 
in regard to Regalia worn by Past Grands. 

Resolved, That the proper Regalia to be worn by Past 
Grands shall consist of a Scarlet Apron, Collar, Sash, and Cap 
trimmed or decorated with white. 


Resolved, That each Subordinate Lodge be required to 
retain duplicate copies of their Reports to this Grand Lodge. 


Resolved, That a dispensation be granted to Washington 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Be 


Lodge, No. 3, allowing it to reduce the amount of its.weekly 
benefits to such sum as may be deemed advisable. 

It is inexpedent to receive applicants from other States 
for admission into our Subordinate Lodges, without a Dispen- 
sation from the Grand Lodge or Grand Master of the State 
from which such applicant may hail. 

The following form of Record of Lodges is adopted, to be 
published with the proceedings of the Grand Lodge. 
Register of —— Lodge, No. —, under the jurisdiction of the 
RR. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina. 








Officers 
Installed. 


Time of 
meeting. 


By what 


By whom 
authority. 


opened. 


Name. Date of 


opening. 


No. 


























Resolved, That a Steward be appointed for this Grand 
Lodge, whose duty it shall be to attend upon the sittings of 
this Grand Lodge, see that the room is in order, and attend 
to such other duties as may be necessary. It shall be his 
duty to see that the members are furnished with Stationery, 
&c., during the session—for which service he shall receive 
from the Treasurer of this Grand Lodge the sum of Three 
Dollars per day, in addition to the bills for Stationery and 
servant hire. 


Resolved, That the Regalia to be worn at Funerals shall be 
the full dress Regalia used in processions, with crape on the 
left arm.—f{ Adopted, May, 1846.] 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge 
be required to prepare annually an Abstract of the Returns 
of Subordinate Lodges, showing the amount of dues from 
each Lodge, which statements and Abstracts shall be sub- 
mitted by him to the Grand Lodge on the first day of its An- 
nual Communication. 


Whereas, it appears by the action of the Grand Lodge of 
the United States,* that the term of service for Officers of the 





* Resolutions adopted by the Grand Lodge of the United States. Sept. 1846. 
Resolved, That from and after the Ist day of December, 1846, the terms of Subordi- 
nate Lodges shall be for the period of six months. . 


Resolved, That the said terms shall commence on the first Monday of J amaah and 
first A aay of July of each year. : 


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34 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE { 1849. 


Subordinate Lodges has been changed from three to S1X 
months : 

Resolved, That the Lodges in this State be required to 
conform to the same, and elect their Officers and make their 
returns semi-annually. 


Resolved, That each Lodge under the jurisdiction of this 
Grand Lodge be required to forward to the Grand Master an 
impression in wax of its Seal. 

Resolved, That a Committee of Three be appointed by the 
Grand Master, to be styled the “ Committee on By-Laws,” 
whose duty it shall be to examine the Constitution, By-Laws, 
and Rules of Order, of each Subordinate Ledge under the 
jurisdiction of this body, for the purpose ef avoiding conflict 
with the Laws and regulations. | 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to audit 
the acceunt of the Grand Steward, for Stationery and attend- 
ance on the Grand Lodge, and draw an order on the Grand 
Treasurer for the same. 


Resolved That at the opening of this Grand ee at each 
of its Sessions, either regular or called, the following Standing 
Committees shall be appointed : 

Committee on Credentials, 

Committe on the State of the Order, 

Committee on Petitions, 

Committee ef Finance, 

Committee on Returns and Reports of Subordinate Lodges. 

Committee on Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order. 

Committee on Correspondence. 

Committee on Subordinate Lodges not represented, 

All.of which shall consist of three members each.—_] Adopted, 
May, 1847.] 

Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary 
to give to the Chairman of each Committee appointed by this 
Grand Lodge, a notification of his appointment, with a list ot 
the members composing said Committee. 


Resolved, That this Grand Lodge confer upon the future 
_ Grand Masters of the State the power to issue dispensations 


1849 ]> GRAND) LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 35 


for openiiige Subordinate Lodges, in compliance with Section 
6th of Article 2d, page 46 of the. Digest of the Laws of the 
Grand Lodge of.the United States. 

Resolued; That every Representative of a Subordinate 
Lodge, shall at the time of his election be furnished with a 
selcbtfial ts: in the the following form—viz: | 


Lodge, No. —, I. O. O. F. 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of the State of N. Carolina. 


This is ‘to certify that: Po: has been duly 
elected a Representative of this Lodge to your Right Worthy 


Body, to serve for one year from the second Wednesday in 
May. | 


RRR Tn testimony whereof, I herewith affix my hand, 


sic 8: % and the Seal of our Lodge, this — day of 
KKK KH 


Resolved, That this Grand Lodge require its Subordinates 
to furnish its Past Officers’ with a copy of the peorine cer- 
tificate : 

This is to pernty. that our well beloved Brother 
has served the regular term of ——_—— Lodge, No. — and 
is entitled to the ie named Degrees. 


RLS Given baller our hand, a the Seal of -our Lodge, 


QL. s. ‘© this day of 
SSOHS 























N. G. 


. Sec’y. 

Psaltis That the Grand Secretary receive one hundred 
dollars for services per annum. 

Resolved, That the next Annual Communication éf this 
- Grand Lodge be held in the Hall of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, in 
the city of: Reléien on the second Wednesday in May next, 
and that our Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the U. 
States, be instructed ‘to ask the consent of that Grand ny 
thereto.—[ Passed, May, 1848.] 


Resolved, That the Resolution passed at the fae’ session of 
the Grand Lodge, assessing a tax of five per cent upon Ini- 
tiations, Degrees, &c., be so construed as to take effect from 
and after the first day of January, 1848. 

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Resolved, 'That the Grand Secretary be instructed to make _ 
out the accounts of each Subordinate. Lodge, according to | 
the instruction given by the Grand Lodge, of the Resolution, 
reducing the per centage to 5 per cent, passing to the credit 
of each Tiscce. the amounts overpaid by them, and notifying 
the Lodge “s the same, before the time of making out the next 
Semi- aA Reports. 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary nuder the direction 
of the Grand Master, forward to P. GM, John Campbell, 
fifty dollars to be applied to educating and clothing the son 
of Bro. Archibald Boyd, dec’d, a member in good standing, 
of Weldon Lodge, No. I, at the time of surrendering their ; 

charter to the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved, That the price of withdr awal and barely set’ 
charged by this Grand Lodge to her Subordinates, a here- ° 
afte fixed at 6 1-4 cents. 

Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master shall, and he is 
hereby empowered to appoint from among the Past Grands of 
each Subordinate Lodge in the State, an Installing Officer, 
whose duty it shall be to install the several Officers of his 
Lodge, as well as to receive all correspondence from the G. 
M., relating to the P. W.’s, for each term and the said In- 
stalling Officer shall not communicate the P. W. to the said 
Lodge or proceed to invest the Officers with their authority 
until he is satisfied that the provisions of the Ist section of the 
18th Article of the Constitution of the R. W. Grand Fae al 
-of North Carolina is complied with. 

Resolved, That the action of the Grand Master i in granting a 
dispensation to Winchester Lodge, No. 16, to change the time 
of meeting from Friday to Salida and also, dispensations 
to Neuse Lodge, No. 6, and Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, to hold 
their regular meetings on ‘Tuesday nights during Court weeks, 
be approved by this Grand Lodge. 

Resolved, That the dispensation granted Kureka Lodge, No. 
7, to have Lectures delivered for the good of the Order be 
approved, 


Resolved, That rapes as Article Ist, Sec. 1}. Divison 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 37 


3, page 45 of the Digest requires that State Grand Lodges 
shall, enact laws to restrict processions and public displays in 
regalia within their respective jurisdictions, and to regulate 
the delivery of Lectures upon matters connected with the 
Order,” be it therefore, 


Resolved, That no Subordinate fhaaisa within this juris- 
diction shall have any procession or public display in Regalia 
(funeral occasions excepted) without permission first had and 
obtained from the Grand Lodge or Grand Master. 


Resolved further, That no Subordinate Lodge within this 
jurisdiction shall have any public address or Lecture without 
permission first had and obtained from the Grand Lodge or 
Grand Master. But they may be allowed to have private ad- 
dresses or lectures (not oftener than once a month) delivered 
in the Lodge room by one of their own members. 


Resolved, That as the members composing a Subordinate 
Lodge shall each pay into the funds of such Lodge a sum not 
less than 6 1-4 cents per week: Therefore, no Subordinate 
Lodge has the power to exempt any of its members from the 
payment of weekly dues, without the consent of the Grand 
Lodge. 

Resolved, That the Grand tee: etary be, and Hed is Pcreby 
instructed to forward to each Subordinate Lodge within this 
jurisdiction, one or more copies of the “ Couacdl Laws” as 
soon as practicable after the adjournment of this Body. 


Resolved, That all Subordinate Lodges within this juris- 
diction are particularly enjoined to make their Constitution 
and By-Laws conform to the “General Laws,” and to for- 
ward a copy to this Grand Lodge at its next communication. 

Resolved, That the Gonaaenuen and General Laws of this 
Grand Body be printed with the proceedings of the present 
session, for the benefit of Subordinate Lodges. 

Resolved, That the P. G. Secretar y prepare the Minutes 
of this session for printing, and for wad the same to P. G. Wm. 
D. Cooke, Grand Secretary elect, who shall have 750 copies 
ofthe same printed as soon as ‘pr acticable and as cheap as 


possible. 


38 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE f 1849. 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary have a longer time than 
the Ist of July to arrange the financial affairs connected with 
the returns from Subordinates. 

Resolved, That all monies due the Grand Todd fei Sub- 
ordinate Lodges shall be paid to the Grand Spuraiht y, who 
shall keep an account of the same, and pay over the amounts 
received to the Grand Freaegy AanINE his KeCRIpA for the 
same. 3 nf 

Resolved, That the Representative ‘to the Gr sith Lodge of 
the United States be instructed to enquire of that Grand Body 
how an Odd Fellow, whose withdrawal card has expired: 
shall proceed to connect himself with a Lodge. 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge lend the Grand Encamp- 
ment seventy-five dollars to be returned at the next Annual 
Communication of the same. 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to pur- 
chase a Seal Press for the Grand Lodge, on as good terms as 
possible. ¢ 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to pur- 
chase Jewels of Office for the Officers of the Grand seit L 
O. O. F. State of North Carolina. 


Resolved, That for the year 1849, Subordinate Lodges un- 
der the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be aolieacel and 
required to pay over to the Installing Officer five per cent on 
their initiations, degrees, deposit cards and dues, 


Resolved, That the funeral Regalia, described page 30 of 
the Digest, be adopted as Funeral Regalia until this Grand 
Lodge orders differently. 


ARRANGEMENT OF THE DISTRICTS 

| As adopted by the Grand Lodge, May 1847. 

1. Wilmington District —Cape Fear and Thaddeus Lodges. 

2.° Raleigh District—Manteo, Neuse, and Franklin Lodges. 
3. Kayetteville District —Cross Creek Lodge. 





1849. | GRAND, LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 39 


4. Mecklenburg District—Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge. 

5. Newbern District, Eureka, Phalanx, Concordia and Trent 
Lodges, 

6. Roanoke District—Washington and Achoree Lodges. 

All Lodges established this year shall be attached as fol- 
lows: } 

Allin the Counties adjoining and. North of the Roanoke 
River—to the Roanoke District. | | 

All between the Roanoke Counties, the Counties of Onslow 
and Duplin, and W. & R. Rail Road,—to the Newbern Dis- 
trict. 

All from that line to the South Carolina line, and West to 
Thaddeus Lodge,—to the Wilmington District. 

All from that line West to the line drawn from the East 
Mecklenburg line, North to the Virginia line, and from Ra- 
leigh West to that line—to the Fayetteville District. 

All North of a West line from Raleigh, and East of the line 
drawn North from Mecklenburg—to the Raleigh District. 

All west of aline drawn from the East Mecklenburg line. 
to the Virginia line,—-to the Mecklenburg District. 





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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 
OF -THE 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 
| — GS | 
OFFICERS FOR 1849. 


MOST WORTHY GRAND MASTER. 


J. B, NEWBY, Fayetteville, Cumberland Co. 


RIGHT WORTHY DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 


ALEX. BETHUNE. Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co. 


RIGHT WORTHY GRAND SECRETARY. 


WM. D. COOKE, Raleigh. 
RIGHT WORTHY GRAND TREASURER. 
D. MACMILLAN, Wilmington. 


RIGHT WORTHY ‘GRAND WARDEN. 


JULIUS WILCOX, Warrenton, Warren Co. 


RIGHT WORTHY GRAND CHAPLAIN. 


Rev, A. P. REPITON, Wilmington, 
WORTHY GRAND GUARDIAN. 

G. J. MUSGRAVE, Elizabeth City. 
WORTHY GRAND CONDUCTOR. 


O. W, TELFAIR Wiknington, 


GRAND REPRESENTATIVES, GRAND LODGE, U. S. 


RIGHT WORTHY GRAND REPRESENTATIVE. | 


JOHN. H. MANLY, Raleigh, 


RIGHT WORTHY ALTERNATE GRAND REPRESENTATIVE. 
/ 


J.C. B. EHRINGHAUS, Llizabeth City. 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH: CAROLINA. 
PAST GRAND MASTERS. 
JOHN CAMPBELL, Weldon Lodge, No. 1. 


R. H. WORTHINGTON, . Washington Lodge, No. 3. 
JOHN McRAE, Sen’r, Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 


ALEX. McRAE, Sr. . st oy 4 
ISRAEL DISOSWAY,  Hureka Lodge, No. 7. 
Wm. H. McKEE, Manteo Lodge, No 8. 


BENJAMIN F. HANKS, Phalanx Lodge, No. 10. 


DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 
Wilmington District. 
JOHN C. WOOD, Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 
Raleigh District. 
J. B. LITTLEJOHN, Franklin Lodge, No. 13. 


Newbern District. 
J. CICKRO JUSTICE, Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 


Roanoke District. 


R. H. WORTHINGTON, Washington Ledge No. 3. 


INSTALLING OFFICERS, 








LODGES. INSTALLING OFFICERS. LODGES. INSTALLING OFFICERS. 
No. 2 JOHN C. WOOD, No. 3 F, M. CAPEHART, 
x) ee | JOHN SHAW, > Rn L. C. HUBBARD, 
5 CHARLES J. NELSON, eae I. DISOSWAY, 
o 7-8 T. M. OLIVER, raph, JOHN A. YOUNG, 
“ 10 |. T. H. HARDENBERGH, et A. T. ARUNDEL, 
bith 123 J. C. BRYAN, valea ©: BENJ. B. LEWIS, 
* 14 J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS, ay 215 A.R. BURWELL, 
“ 16 | DB. G. FURGUSON, 17 | GOOLD HOYT, 
“ 18 | M. T. ARUNDEL, “ 19 | JASPER STOWE, 
“6 20 DAVID PARRISH, “ 21 


“ 22 | THOMAS WOODLEY, ieeza HAYDEN, 








46 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 


(1849. 


MEMBERS OF THE GRAND LODGE. 


Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 


Alexander McRae, Sr. 


John MeRae, Jr. 
Horace Burr, 
James D. Gardner, 
Jethro Ballard, 

Ss. D. Wallace, 
William E. Anderson, 
John C. Wood, 
Alfred Bryant, 
John Campbell, 
Daniel McMillan, 
Joseph McLaurin, 


John McRae, Sr. 
Thomas H. Howey, 
Rev. A. P. Repiton, 
William O. Jeffreys, 
David Cashwell, 
Rey. B. L. Hopkins, 
James T. Miller, 
Timothy L. Guess, 
Talcott Burr, Jr. 
W.C. Howard, 

B. Sherman, 


R.S. Thomas. 


Washington Lodge, No. 3. 


R. H. Worthington, 
Lewis T. Speres, 

R. R. Parker, 
James H. Lassiter, 
Benjamin A. Speres, 


F. M. Capehart, 





Ely Carter, 
Thomas J, Deans, 
Robert S. Parker, 


| Henry G. Trader, 


James W. Hill, 
William H. Banks. 


Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4. 


John McRae, 
John Winslow, 
Warren Winslow, 
John Shaw, 
Henry Lilly, 


Wiliam T. Frizell, 


G. A. Schwarzman, 


J. B. Newby, 
Achibald McLean, 
A. A. T. Smith, 
Duncan G. McRae, 
James G. Cooke, 


A. A.“McKethan. 


Thaddeus Lodge, .No. 5. 


Thaddeus D. Love, 
Owen L. Fillyaw, 
Lanedon C. Hubbard, 


aed 


+ 


John D. Love, 
Lewis L. Herring, 


| Amma B. Chesnutt, 


1849. | GRAND LODGR Of NORTH CAROLINA. . 47 


Alfred Johnson, Richard C Holmes. — 
George Watkins, | | 


Neuse Lodge, No. 6. 


Spyers Singleton, 
W.S. G. Andrews, 
William M, Puryear, 
Stephen D. Phillips, 


John Taylor, 
James W, Doyal, 
Charles J. Nelson. 





Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 


J. Cicero Justice, 
John Charlotte, 

R. W. Choate, 

John N. Washington. 


Israel Disosway, 
John Blackwell, 
John M. Oliver, 
Alexander C, Blount, 
Wiliam Hay, 








Manteo Lodge, No. 8. 


Edward Yarborough, William D.Cooke, 
William H. McKee, _ Richard B. Haywood, 
Perrin Busbee, va on H. Manly, 
Thomas M. Oliver, W. Dallas Haywood. »y 


Isaac Proctor, 





Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge, No. 9. 


Alexander Bethune, 
L. S. Williams. 


Joshua Trotter, 
J. A. Young, 
M. B. Taylor, 





Phalanx Lodge, No. 10. 


Benjamin I*. Hanks, O. W. Telfair, 
George H. Brown, Thomas H. Hardenbergh. 


Concordia Lodge, No. 11. 


M, F. Arundell, 
Benjamin Leacraft, Jr. 


John W. Morgan, 
Benjamin L. Perry, 





48 JOURNAL OF PROCEBDINGS OP THE [ 1849. 
Trent Lodge No. 12. 

J, D. Hines, | L. H. Missillier. 

3 Franklin Lodge, No. 18. 


Joseph B. Littlejohn, 
Peter S. Foster, 


Benjamin B, Lewis, 
R. R. 8S. Lawrence. 





Achoree Lodge, No. 14. 


J. C. B. Ehringhaus, G. J. Musgrave, 
Wm. F. Martin, Wm. H. Clark. 


Henderson Lodge, No. 15. 


Wm. B. Wolff, Sr., 


Armistead R. Burwell, Jr. 
Lewis H. Kittle, 





Winchester Lodge, No. 16. 


D. Furguson, | R. B. Lawrence. 
Pomroy Clark, 


Covenant Lodge, No. 17. 
Goold Hoyt. | S. B. Evans. 


Smyrna Lodge, No. 18. 
Samuel E. Davis. | 


Mountain Lodge, No. 19. 
Jasper Stowe, | Wm. Williamson. 


Muchuena Lodge, No. 20. 
Julius Wilcox. | | 


Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21. : 
John Sloan. | 


Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22. 
Th. Woodley. 


Tryon Lodge, No. 23. 
W. M. Ship. | 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 49 


LIST OF MEMBERS 


Belonging to Subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of the R. W. Grand 
Lodge of North Carolina, up to July 1st, 1849. 


Fe apn Te NO nn 


CAPE FEAR LODGE NO 2. 


PAST GRANDS. 


Alex. McRae, Sr., 
John McRae, Sr., 


Jethro Ballard, 
David Cashwell, 


Taleott Burr, Jr. 
John Campbell, 


John McRae, Jr. 
Thos. H. Howey, 
Horace Burr, 


S. D. Wallace, 


Rev. B. L. Hopkins, 
Wm. i. Anderson, 


Rev. A. P. Repiton,| Jno. C. Wood, 


J. D. Gardner, 
Wm. O. Jeffreys, 


Atkins, Edwd. N. 
Armstrong, T. J. 
Anderson, W.S. 
Burch, James 
Bowden, Jesse 
Brown, George 
Baker, Henry 
Bates, Benj. G. 
Barry, Thos. D. 
Burr, W. A. 
Bernard, C. J. 
Bunting, J. E. 
Barnum, J. M. 
Curtis, Geo. F. 
Cowan, Hugh 
Christian, John 
Cotton, Thos. J. 
Cousins, Brooks 
Dunham, John S. 
Dall, John H. 
Fennell, Owen 
Falon, Patrick 
Grant, R. H. 
Gause, Thos. F. 




















_| Timothy L. Guess, 


Alfred Bryant, 


W.C. Howard, 
D. McMillan, 
Jas. T. Miller, 
Jos. McLaurin 
B. Sherman, 
R. 8S. Thomas, 





SCARLET DEGREE. 


Hartsfield, T. J. 
Hathway, J. L. 
Hyde, W. E. 
Hoffman, S. 
Huston, Max. 
Jones, David 
Jones, W, G. 
Jones, W. B. 
Jones, R. J. 
King, Thos. F. 
Kelly, Geo. H. 
Keem, Jos. L. 
Kilkelly, W. G. 
Lamont, D. A. 
Love, W. J. Jr. 
Lynch, G. G. 
London, M. 
Lees, Jonathan 
Lutterloh, E. J. 
Lawton, Joseph 
Latta, Jno. C. 
Lindsay, Robt. 


McRae, Alex. Sr. 
McLane Andrew. 


Neff, William 
Newkirk, A. F. 
Nutt, Henry 
Nixon Hiram 





Nixon, N. N. 
Nutt, John 
Perren, H. R. 
Potter, Gilbert Jr. 
Packard, Cyrus 
Polley, Stephen P. 
Price, 
Powers, J. D. 
Rothwell, A. B. 
Russ, John T. 
Reid,. David 
Russel, Jos. B. 
Simpson, Rich. 
Sutton, Wm. 
Sullivan, F. 
Shaw, William 
Sevy, J. B. | 
Smith, Wm. L.- 
Stringer, Wim. 
Gause, Saml. P. 




















30 


Garrison, James 
Gilbert, Henry 
Gardner, Thos. M. 
Gray, Charles 

Gill, Robertson 
Guyer, W. A. 
Hart, Levi A. 
Hartsfield, A. A. 
Haines, H.S. 
Mahoney James 


Bowden, Jno. C. 
Brown, Asa H. 
Baker, Lorenzo 
Bradley, A. Q. 
Crone, John 


Beery, Samuel 
Burch, Wm. F. 
Burkhimer, H. 
Brown, Thos. O. 
Bowers, John E. 
Baldwin, W. M. 
Bishop, Grear 
Craig, John 


Andrews, Samuel 
Brown, Thomas W. 
Bullard, George 
Cuckon, W. kh. 
Clardy, W. A 
Clements, Jno. P. 


Down, A. G. 


JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 


Matthews A. 
McGary, James 
McKeller, Hector 
Mitchell, B. F. 
Mallett, L. 
Myers, Cornelius 
Megenney, L. 
McCollum, A. S. 
Mulock, Jesse 

| Tolman, -Job 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Dunham, S. W. 
Lenon, Haynes 
Marks, Wm. 
be Donald, G. J. 





COVENANT DEGREE. 


Conoley, J. J. 
Cowan, W. D. 
Crockett, Thos. M. 
Daskane, W. F. 
Emery, Caleb 
Grifith, John 
Fridenbery, C. 
Inman, Stephen 








INITIATORY MEMBERS. 


Fillyaw, R. M. 
Hallett, R. C. 
Hall, E. D. 
Keith, William 
Lamont, Alex. 
Loring, Thomas 


| Miller, Joseph S. 











| 





[ 1849. 


Taylor, W. H. 
Ware, William 
Walker, W. A. 
Willson, Wm. — 
Williams, W. A. 
Williams, J.S. 


| Wright, John H. 


Wheat, L. C. 
Yoppy Wad: 


Porry, James =, 
Peterson, Isham 
Smith, lsaac B. 


Warner, A. A. 


Mindell, A. 
Memvry, Thos. 8. 
Matthews, Wm. » 
Newell, Wm. T. 
Polley, Hiram 


| Rankin, Robt. G. 
| Wood, Danl.W. 


Devane, John C. 


Miller, Thomas C. 
Pipkin, Stewart | 
Price, W. W. 
Plunkitt, John 
Wilkinson, Joseph 
Whitaker, L. B. 


WASHINGTON LODGE, NO.’3. 


R. H. Worthineton, 


Kily Carter, 





PAST GRANDS. 


ROR) Parker 
R. S. Parker, 


Benj. A. Speres, 
James W. Hill, 


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7 = 


1849 ] 


James H. Lassiter, 
Henry G. Trader, 


Lewis T. Speres, 
Thos. J. Deans, 


MEMBERS. 


Arnold, Rev. J. M. 
Adkins, W. H. 
Bernard, S. A: 
Bryant, Benj. 

Britt, Alexander 
Bridges, John P. 
Barnes, Jacob 
Brewer, Matt. 
Crump, Richard 
Dillard, Richard 


Evans Lemuel 
Kithridge, N hid ise 
Griflith, John L. 


Holland, C. H. 
Harrison, Rev. E. 
Munger, John 8. 
Moore, H. A. 
Parker, Elisha 
Parker; -G.D:; 
Pope, T. B. 
Polkinhorn, T. 


Daniel W. L. 
Dukes, James E. 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


OL 


| I. M. Capehart, 


tote 
s 


Parker, H. H. 
Pruden, L. W. 
Savage, O. B. 


Hutchins, John W. | Vinson, Drury 


Vinson, A. 
Valentine, Dan. 
Williams, Peter S. 
Wood, James H. 
Williams S. D. 
Yates, John 


CROSS CREEK LODGE, NO. 4. 


PAST GRANDS. 


J. McRae, A: A. T. Smith, 
J. B. Newby, John Shaw, 
J. Winslow, Dunean G. McRae, 
A. McLean, Henry Lilly, 
W. Winslow, | 

SCARLET DEGREE: 
Atkins, B. F. ' McRae, Roderick 
Briggs, W. W. McLaurin, John 
Bell, D. iy. McNeil, Duncan 
Gilchrist, D. McDufhe, N. K. 
Hardy, R. W. McDonald, John S. 


Marsh, William 
Nixon, Chas. D. 
Robinson, Jno. L. 
Robinson, Wm. C. 


Houston, Owen, 
Lutterloh, Charles 
Little, John R. 
Lauder, G.. 














J. G. Cook, 

W. T. Frizell, 

A. A: McKethan, 
G. A. Schwarzman, 


Smith, 8S. G. 
Smith, J. G. 
Smith, John 
Sedberry, H. Bb. 
Strange, Robt. Jr. 
Sackett, T. M. 
Steadman, J. M. 
Tillinghast, 8S. W. 
Williams, N. 


REMEMBRANCE DEGREE. 


Atkinson, T. D.: 
Giersh, A. 
| 


Jackson, D. W, 
McMillan, G. 





Pees 


52 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1849. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 














Blocker, J C. King, N. Jr. Riley, P. 
Graham, H. ‘Lawrence, G. W. |Shaw, R. 
Hodges, J. P. Newby, D. T. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 
Coffield, C. H. Hartman, W.M. | Munn, J. 
Davis, A. Johnson, T. Register, J. J. 
Decker, S. Maultsby, J. 8S. Smith, N. 
Hartman J. | McFadyen, A, Beael 
WHITE DEGREE. 
Dobbin, J. C. Owen, J. W. Wilder, M. 
Jessup A. Snow, J. | 
INITIATORY MEMBERS. 
Jones, K. | Jones, N. | Polk, G, C. 
THADDEUS LODGE, No. 5. 
PAST GRANDS. 
T. D. Love, Lewis S. Herring, | Alfred Johnson, 
J. D. Love, L. C. Hubbard, R. C. Holmes, 





O. W. Fillyaw, A. B. Chesnutt, G.eW, Atkins, 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Boykin, Isaac. Dranghon, W.C. | Parker, Dennis. 
Culbreath, Rev. L | Faison, T. J. Puch ToS, 
Carroll, John C. Holland, T. J. Pugh, Wm. E. 
Carroll, David D. | Hall, Calton. Russell, William 
Chesnutt, O. W. Harrison, C. A. ‘Stevens, H. 











CansLik; Johnson, Josiah Stevens, J. H. 

Clifton, J. L. | McKoy, A. E. | Shaw, E. F. 

Conoly, M.. C,. Morisey, T. F. Underwood, W. L. 

Crumple, M. Mosely, J. M. Wright, John B. 

Culbreath, B. Parker, Wm. J. Carr, J. D, 
COVENANT DEGREE. 

Dyes, G. W, | Liddon, T. 8, | Roberts, J. H, 


WHITE DEGREE. » 
Faison, Franklin J. 


1849. } GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 53 
NEUSE. LODGE, No. 6. 


PAST GRANDS. 


Charles J. Nelson, 


Spyres Singleton, 
Stephen D. Phillips. 


John Taylor, 
W. S. G. Andrews, | 


Jas. W. Doyal, 
Wm. M. Puryear, 








SCARLET DEGREE. 


Andrews, J. N. Griswold, John B. 
Beckton, John E. | Griswold, B. J. Pike, John 

Beard, Calvin M. |Grantham, Uriah | Pennington, B. 
Best, Robert W. Hollowell, Wm. Robinson, Wm. 
Davis, James M. Hollowell, T. J. Stuart, Chas. B. 
Davis John W. Kornegoy, G. L. | Wright, John 
Everitt, Jas. H. Lancaster, Jas. W. | Whitfield, Wm. B. 
Garrison, Thos. C. | Musgrave, W. R. | Archer, P. L. W. 
Gregory, R. H. Northam, Jas. B. 


Peacock, L. 














ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Baker, Jesse J. Heath, W. L. P. | Pope, Wm. 
Daniel, James eevee Jas. M. _—_| Pope, Henry 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Brown, Wm. F. Hatch, Jeremiah, | Jones, David 
Duggan, Wm.8. |} Mayo, Jesse Webb, Silas, 
Gay, Simon Pipkin, Elisha, Waters, Thos. 








Glasgow, Wm. P. | Pollock,Wm. F. 4 
WHITE DEGREE. 
Cogdell, David | Flowers, Cullen 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Grantham, D. E. 
Hatch, Jos. R. 
Hamlet, Henry S. 


Brogden, Thos. W. 
Broadhurst, Jno. C. 
Carlisle, S. E. 


Rodgers, Ezekiel 
Toler, Wm. H. 








EUREKA LODGE, No. 7. 


PAST, GRANDS. 
Israel Disosway, 11. C. Justice, | John Blackwell, 


a | 


K 


Jno. Charlotte, 
Jno. M. Oliver, 


Bishop, Samuel 
Baxter, Jos. P. 
Coast, John C. 
Cook, Benj. M. 
Cox, David C. 


Cuthbert, Emmett 


Chadwick, S. W. 


Creekman, John Jr. 


Denby, Joshua 


Dudley, David W. 


Dewey, Willis 
Dufly, Walter 
Ferguson, Elijah 
Fields, Chas. G. 
Ferrand, Wm. 
Goslee, Danl. W. 
Hutchinson, John 
Hanks, Ossian 
Howard, T'S. 
Hanks, Ellsworth 


Robinson, Wm. 


Balance, Josh. A. 
Drury, Lucius H. 
Hartwick, Jos, 


Davis, John 


Buford, Henry 
Baily, Wm. R. 


Baily, Jonathan Rh. 


Barbour, Wm. F. 
Cottingham, Nath. 


| R. W. Choate, 
| A. C. Blount, 


























54 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Hackburn Ephraim, 
Heritage, Lucas B. 
Hanff, John F. 


Hancock, John | 


Horneblen, John 
Hurtt, Daniel W. 
Harvey, Wm. H. 
Huggins, John E. 
Jones. Charles P. 
Jones, James 
Justice, John R. 
Jones, William 
Jennett, Robt. S. 
Lewis, John B. 
Latham, Seth W. 
Latham, Augustus 
Moore, Wm. P. 
Morse, Frederick, 
Miller, Alexander 
Matthews, Mat. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Mumford, Jesse 
Pelletier, Wm. P. 
Pipkin, Philp 


WHITE DEGREE. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Cuthbert, Edgar 
Darling, Wm. B. 


Green, Thomas 


'Gray, John A. 


Hackburn, Joseph 


Caruthers, Adonis, ; Lovick Henry, J} 

















[ 1849. 


J. N. Washington, 
William Hay. 


Morris, James E. 
Phelps, Lewis 
Parks, William J. 
Robinson, J. J. 
Ricaud, Thos. P. 
Rhodes, C. C. 
Rumley, John 
Schenk, Wm. H. 
Simpson, C. F. 
Sparrow, W, J. 
Stevenson, M. Jr. 
Surmond, D. D. 
Sparrow, Wm. T. 
Taylor, Geo. W. 
White, C. J. 
Wallace, T. C. 
Wallace, S. W. 
Washington, W.H. 
Wooten’ oy P. 
Wallace, Jas. L. 


Wolfe, Henry E. 
Willis, Alonzo J. 
Ward, George J. 


Osgood, John 

Stre eet, Samuel R. 
Smith, John B. 
Stowe, Truman 
Street, John J. 
Smith, D H. 


1849. | 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 55 


MANTEO LODGE, No. 8. 


PAST GRANDS. 


Ed. Yarborough, 
Wm. D. Cooke, 
W. H. McKee, 


R. B. Haywood, 
Perrin Busbee, 


John H, Manly, 





| 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Allen, D. W. | Green, Geo. W. 


Allen, B. B. Holden, W. W. 
Allen, James E. Haywood, R. W. 
Buck, O. A. Hinton, David 


Bledsoe, M. A. 
Boylan, W. M. 
‘Burch, O. L. 

Brown, H, J. Hobbs, H. H. 
Brantly, A. B. Jones, W. H. 
Cooke, Geo. T, Tite Stok. 


Haywood, P. H. 
Hines, E. C. 





Campbell, Rev T.8.) Litchford, J. Jr. 
Cosby, John W. Little, Geo. 
Clark, H. T. Manly, L. C. 
Culbreth, D. Marriott, J. T. 
Deems, C.F. , | Morrison, W. W. 
Dewey, T. W.: | Mial, A. T. 
Finch, R, P. McRae, D. K. 
Ferrell, James L. | P. F. Pescud, 
Gray, R. | Porter, Henry. 
Grimme, C. | Root, C. B. 








ROYAL BLUE EDGREE. 


Alston, W. I. S. 
Johnson, Jno. W. 
Joyner, P. H. 


Lewis, B.-B. 
Newton, W. 
Royster, M. B. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Lovejoy, J. M. 
Palmer, John C. 


Horton, Jeptha 
Kincey, J. H. 
King, F. W. 





WHITE DEGREE. 


| Dodd, James, 


Briggs, Thomas 








Hawkins, Geo. W 











Thos. M. Oliver, 
W. D. Haywood, 


Isaac Prector. 


Royster, Jas. D. 
Rogers, Sion H, 
scott, W. R. 
Saunders, R. A. 
Sanders, Lynn B. 
Singletary, G. [. B. 
Steele, W. L. 
Smith, H. 8, 
Tucker, W. H. H. 
Thompson, Jno. R. 
Tunnell, Jas. A. 
Thornton, A. G. 
Vass, W. W. 

W oltering, Jos. 
Watson, J. W. B, 
Williams, Jno. R 
West, Jno. T 
Walstenholmes, H F 


| Williams, J. G 
| Watson, W. H 


Royster, David Jr. 
Smith, Eldridge 


Ruffin, Samuel 
Young, Samuel H. 


| Utley, John R. 


56 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1849, 
INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Bason, W. F. Hargraves, T. R. | Skinner, Chas. 
Boylan, Jno, H. Johnson, Albert Spivey, John.L. 
Carmichael, Levin Leathers Jas. S. Utley, Q. 
Disbrow W. F. Miller, Henry W. | Whitaker, S. M. 
Hudgins, 8. Pace, James Williamson, J. D. 


MECKLENBURG DECLARATION LODGE, No. 9. 


PAST GRANDS. 
e 








Joshua Trotter, J. A. Young. tas B. Taylor, 
Alex. Bethune, L. S. Williams, 

MEMBERS. 
Asberry, Daniel Fox, ‘CH; Robinson, R. M. 
Andrews, E. H. Pox, Jee Rigler, John 
Alexander, M. W. | Harty, John Ross, F. M. 
Briard, A. R. Harty, William Sadler, J. A. 
Blair, J. W. Harris, Wm. 8. Smith, J. P. 
Bell, Saml. E. Harris, Edwin R. | Sandifer, T, T. 
Bell, Robert Harris}, Rae Smiley, Thos. H. 
Barringer, Rufus Houston, Geo. 8S. | Spencer, D. H. 
Carson, R. C. Jackson, Saml. H. | Shaw, Robert 


Coleman, D. Lowe, Pinckney Taylor, David 
Caldwell, R. C. Murphy, JW. Taylor, John R. 
Davidson, W. F. | Morrow, John W. | Trotter, Thomas 
Davidson, James M.} McDonald, John Weddington, F. S. 
Davidson, E. C. Maxwell, F. H. an S. T. 
Overman, Albert | Wreston, M. L. 


Porter, Thos. F. Young, Robt. S. 


Davidson, B. F. 
Ellis, John W. 











Ely, J. W. 
PHALANX LODGE, No. 10, 
PAST GRANDS. 
Benj. I’. Hanks, T. M. Hardenbergh. 
O. W. Telfair, | 





SCARLET DEGREE, 


Allen, William Beale Jesse D. 
Blot Ro He Js Bonner, Jno. B. 


Bennett, R. Fe 
Bonner, Bryan T. 





1849. | 


Cook, Norton W. 
Crabtree, L. D. 
Craig, Archibald 
Clark, H. J. B. 
Crutch, Sam. 
Clements Henry 


Hodges, Jos. B. 
Hawks, Thos. H. 
Holmes Lewis L. 
Harvey, Henry L. 
Hammond, C. W. 
Jones, Justin E. 





Cordon, Wm. S. Jones, E. W. 
Dill, David H. Myers, William B. 
Davis Jesee H: Midgett, B. 
Doughty, John J. | Myers, R. L. 


Dimock, Henry 
Dixon, Geo. R. 
Demill, Thos A. Jr. 
Ernald, A. W. 
Ellison, H. A. 
Fowler, Stephen 
Finley Jas. L. 
Fulford Rodney 
Forbes, Elihu 
Fitchett, Thomas 
Gaskill, Jos. W. 
Gaylord, John A. 
Gordon Geo. W. 
Hodges, Henry 
Hyatt, Lockwood 
Hawks John S. 


Myers, John G. B. 
Moore, William C. 
Morton, William Z. 
Moore, Frilly W. 
McGowan, John 
McCormick, H. 
Norcom, James Jr. 
Norcom, John 
Nadall, Anthony 
Patterson, E. P. 
Pairtree, Asa 
Patrick, John R. 
Pairtree, James 
Pake, William T. 
Pugh, Joseph T. 
Royster, L. H. 








ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Cannalt, John 
COVENANT DEGREE. 


McWilliams, Jno. S. 
Parmerle, Benj. J. 


Archbell, Joseph P. 
Caila, John M. 
Ellison, William J. 





WHITE DEGREE. 


Archbell, John H. | Blount, Wm. A. Jr. 


Bonner, C. ©, Cordon, Seth K. 

Brown, 8. T. Horton, Daniel 
INITIATORY DEGREE. 

Boyd, Ki. Ww | Beckwith, Nat. 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 








Robertson, Charles | 





57 


Robbins, James S. 
Ross, John B. 
‘Rodman, W. B. 
Red, R. T. 
Redding, James W. 
Reid, Daniel 
Simmons, John W. 
‘Small, John H. 
Snell, H. G. 
Smaw, Thos. D. 
Simmons, James 
Taylor, Wm. H. 
Tyler, James M. 
Telfair, David A. 
Tripp, Joseph 
Tyler, John 
Turner, George 
Tripp, Bik: 

Tripp, William R. 
Tripp, Reuben 
Top Thomas 
VanNortwick, M.F. 
Wilhams, John B. 
Watson, Job H. 
Waessender, Joh 
Wanen, EK. J. 


Tomkins, John M. 
‘Toland, Hugh 


Satchwell, S. 8. 
Smith, Lemuel K. 
Stubbs, Jesse R. 


| Doughty, Stephen 


38: Vg 


Fessenden, B. F. 
Jolley, H. G. 


JOURNAL OF 


Robinson, William 
Steen Benj. T. 


PROCEEDINGS OF THE 


[ 1849. 


| Wallace, J osephus 


_ CONCORDIA LODGE, No. 11. 


John W. Morgan, 


M. F. Arundel, 


Belly D. Husk. 
Bell, J. F. 

Bell, W. F°. Jr, 
Bell, W. F. Sr, 
Bell, C. 
Chadwick, B. 
Duncan, Thomas 
Deleman, C. F. 
Dill, George 
Duffy, 8.8. 
Fuller, B. 
Fuller, W. J. 


Bryan, James C. 
Brown William M. | Hatch, Richard J. 


PAST GRANDS. 


le L. Perry, 


MEMBERS, 


|Gibble, James E. 
Howland, James E. 
Howlands, S. L. 
Hill, C. W. 
Jones, John F. 
Jones, John 

1G Teteamn es 
Longest, James 
Longest, W. 
Morse, D. W. 
Nelson, S. 
Oglesby, Levi 8. 














TRENT LODGE, No. 12. 


MEMBERS. 


Hooker, Nathan A. 


Dillahunt, John H. | Jarmon, Job L. 


Francks, Wm. W. 


Keener Simon FE, 





| Benj. Leacraft, Jr., 


Phelps, Matthias 
Physic, W. 
Reiger, H. 
Sabastian, William 
Thomas, John P. 
Thomas, M. C. 
Tucker, J. W. 
Walker, George 
Willis, S. F. 
Willis, H. H. 
White, James T. 


Missillier, Louis H. 
Stanly, William 
Sanderson, Ed. F. 
Thomas, Francis D. 


Green, Richard F. McDaniel, John A. | Williams, Ad’w. C. 


Hines, Jesse D. 


J. B. Littlejohn, 


PAST GRANDS: 


Peter S. Foster, 


Benjamin B. Lewis, 


Davis, Isaac H. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


FRANKLIN LOCGE, No. 13. 


R. R. S. Lawrence, 


| Fleury, Rev. T. D.| Foster, Wm. B. 


1849 | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 59 


Stowe, DeWitt C. 
Tarry, Wm. L. 
Waddle, Beverly L. 
Wright Wm. C. 
Yarborough, JS. 


Patterson, Young 
Perry, Willie, Jr. 
Persan Weldon E. 
Raney, Thos. H. 
Sims, Jas. B. 
Speed, Edward 


Harris, George W. 
Harrison, M. N. 
Jones, Joseph J. 
Jones Wm. E. 
Lewis, Augustus M. 
Maynard, Rev. R.C. 














ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
Baker. Wm. | Furman, R. | Harper, Jos. J. 
COVENANT. DEGREE. 


Tunstall, Geo. 


Coppage, Wm. D. | Gupton, ELA. 
Timberlake, Rich. 


Carlisle, Thos. Lankford, Menalcus 
Furman Wm. H._ | Thomas, joa: 








ACHOREE LODGE, No. 14. 


PAST GRANDS. 


FS EOoR. uA shisus: G. J. Musgrave, aba H. Clark, 


William F. Mar tin, 





SCARLET DEGREE. 


Butt, William H. 
Burgess, Wm. W. 
Cooper, John A. 


| Hinton, J. W. ; Simmons, William 
Hamilton, Zera Scott, James C. 
Jackson, ©. C. Sterling, John 








! 


Commander, Jos. |Jones, A. W. Shannonhouse, B. J. 
Curran, A. H. Laurence, Joseph | Stone, G. W. 
Davis, 8S. Mann, William E. | Saunders, F. K. 








Matthews, Wm. P. 
Matthews, J. M. 


Skinner, John B. 
Shannon, Wm. L. 


Field, Rev. Stanton, 
Forbes, Rev. E. M. 








Fulford, James W. | Mullen, William A.| Simmons, D. D. 
Grice, 8S. D. Newbold, William | Weeks, James E. 
Gautier, James H. | Pool, Joseph H. Williams, Ehhu 
Griggs, 8S. 8. Poiner, George Waddy, J. M. 
Hinds, H. 8. Pool, John Waugh, J.S. 


Harney, William A.| Sanderlin, Rev. S. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 


Cudworth, Sohn H.| Old, J. Fletcher | 


WHITE DEGREE, 


Blount, W. C. | Whitney, J. M. | Burnham, Benjamin 
8 


60 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1849. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Brothers, Chas. B. 
Banks, A. W. 
Lindsay, David 


Sykes, M. K. 
Sanderlin, Caleb 
Shannonhouse, J. 


Taylor, J. A. 
White, Robertson 








HENDERSON LODGE, Nd. 15. 
PAST GRANDS. 
Lewis H. Kittle, | Wm. B. Wolff, )}A. RK. Burwell, 
SCARLET DEGREE, 


Debnam, John B. |Spencer, James A. ha ae D. E. 
Hawkins, P. B. | 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE, 


Bobbitt, Lewis: Merryman, P. R. | Young, Wesley W 
Davis, Thomas J. | 


COVENANT DEGREE, 


Baskerville, Jno. W. 
Hawkins, A. B. 
Merryman, Jas. E. 


Mitchell, Willie 
Owen, John H. 
Russel, L.. H. 


Satterthwaite, E. 
Timberlake, J. B. 
Young, R. A. 

@ 








INITIATORY DEGREE. 
McManen, Rev J A} Thomas, James J. | Wortham, George 
WINCHESTER LODGE,. No. 16. 
PAST GRANDS. 
Db. Furguson, |B. B. Lawrence, |! Pomroy Clark, 
| SCARLET DEGREE. 


Armstrong, li. G. 
Barnes, J. J. 
Bullock, Jesse 
Bennett, Henry L. 
Boddie, John 8S. 
Edwards, Wm. 1. 


Fort, Jacob G. 
Griffin, Thomas H. 
Griffin, George H. 
Hines, W. H. 
Jackway, S. E. 
Newby, Thomas 


Peel, Henry W. 
Pope, William E. — 
Ricks, Robert 
Spicer, W. E. 
Stephens, EK. H. 
Taylor, James F.. 














1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 61 


Taylor, Labon Watson, B. C. Williford, H. L. 
Thorn, William D. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Dew, Jonathan, | Thompson, Lewis | 
COVENANT LODGE, No. 17. 
PAST GRANDS. 
Goold Hoyt, |S. B. Evans, 
MEMBERS. 


Bernard, Wm. A. 


Bernard, Germain 


Greene, Zeno H. | Knox, George 
Gorham, Thos. A. {May, James W. 








Dancey, J. J. Hines, Peter E. Nelson, James 
Evans, John Fordan. EG. O'Hagan, C. J. 
Evans, William Johnson, S. F. Pierce, Nymphas A. 
Evans, Amos Johnson, Jehn V. | Satterthwaite, F. B. 


SMYRNA LODGE, Ne. 18. 


PAST GRAND. 
Samuel E. Davis. 
SCARLET DEGREE. 


Davis, Jesse H. 
Davis, Melvin J. 
Hellen, Brian 


Lewis, William J. | Rumley, W. W. 
Piver, James M. Whitehurst, D. W. 
Piver, Wilson F. 





ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
Hamilton, John W. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 
Davis, Calvin J. 


WHITE DEGREE. 


Davis, W. Jr. Styron, John W. | Willis, John T. 
Harker, Belcher | 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Willis, George W. ; Willis, Daniel C. | 


62 GRAND LODGE OF NORTH. CAROLINA, [ 1849. 


MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 19. 


PAST GRANDS. 
| Wm. Williamson, 
SCARLET DEGREE. 


Lander, William 
Matz, Andrew 
Michol, Wm. H. 
Newsom, J. M. 
Ransom, A. A. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Jasper Stowe, 


Alexander, W. H. 
Burton, A. W. 
Edwards, W. R. 
Foster, Rev. F. X. 
Hoke, Wm. H. 





Slade, Thomas T. 


INITIATORY MEMBERS. 


Cabaniss, H. De R. 
Hamby, Rey. Allen 


Jay, James V. 
Lander, Rev. Sam. 








Ransom, Wm. 


Ransom, Alex. 
Stowe, S. N. 
ig Robert 


Rutherford, J ames 
Ship, Wm. M. 


MUCHUENA LODGE, No. 20. 


PAST GRAND. 
Julius Wilcox. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Bobbitt, Wm. H. |McCormick, J. 
Crabtree, Wm. C. {Minatree, J. J. . 
Duke, James L. Mosely, James L. 
Goodloe, H. G. Parish, David 
Holt, Jacob W. Price, John M. 
Jones, H.: J. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Alsobrook, J. FE. 


BUENA VISTA LODGE, No. 


PAST GRAND. 


John Sloan. 
MEMBERS. 


Coffin, C. 

Close, J. S. 
Forster, F. X. 
Gilmer, W. S. 
Gulespie, B. 
Mendenhall, C. P. ° 


Anderson, H. S. 
‘Anderson, W. M. 
Brown, M. 
Black, M.S. 
Booken, G. W. 
Caldwell, A. C. 














Rice, I. T. 
Twitty, Thomas T. 
White, John 
Wilson, John M. 
Watson, William 


| Graves, Rev. N. Z.| Stanmire, H. H. 


21. 


Ogburn, EK. W. 
Patrick, °T. J. 
Schoolfield, S. D. 
Shelton, J. 
Thurston, P. 
Weatherly, A. 


CONSTITUTION 


OF THE 
RIGHT WORTHY GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA I. 0. 0. F. 
Adopted May 11, 1849, 


ARTICLE 1, 


Of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. 
See. 1. The Right Worthy Grand Lodga shall consist of 
M. W. Grand Master, 
. Deputy Grand Master, 
. Grand Secretary, 
. Grand Treasurer, 
. Grand Warden, 
. Grand Chaplain, 
. Grand Guardian, 
W. Grand Conductor, 
. W. P. Grand Masters and 
Past Grands of every Lodge in the State of North Carolina. 


Sxo. 2. No Past Grand or P. M. W.G. Master shall be 
entitled to a seatin the Grand Lodge unless he be at the same 
time a contributing member of some Subordinate Lodge ; nor 
to vote, unless said Lodge shall have made its quarterly re- 
ports and transmitted the per centum due the Grand Lodge. 

Src. 3. Every member of the Grand Lodge shall receive 
the Grand Lodge degree before he takes his seat; and the 
Grand Lodge shall always be opened in that degree for the 
introduction of Past Grands, and for the transaction of busi- 
ness. 


Saas 
422225 


= 


ARTICLE IL. 
Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge. 
Src. 1. The Grand Lodge is the supreme tribunal in the 


64 CONSTITUTION OF THE [| 1849. 


State of North Carolina, of the I. O.O. F.; and no Lodge can 
exist without its sanction. It possesses the right of granting 
charters—of suspending or taking away the same upon proper 
cause—to receive and hear all appeals—redress grievances 
and commplaints arising in the several Lodges—to originate 
and regulate means for its support—to grant dispensations to 
initiate persons over age—and to do all such other acts as are 
promotive of the interests of the Order, or that appertain there- 
to by ancient custom or usage. 

Sec. 2. It cannot be opened unless there be a representation 
of Past Grands from two Lodges. 

Src. 3. In the absence of the Grand Master, the Deputy 
Grand Master shall preside—and in the absence of the Deputy 
Grand Master, the Grand Warden—and in his absence, any 
Past Grand who may be called to the Chair by the voice of the 
Lodge. 

Suc. 4. The record of the proceedings of the last meeting of 
the Grand Lodge shall be read after the opening of the Grand 
Lodge. 

Sec. 5. The Grand Lodge shall hold its communications an- 
nually, on the second Wednesday in May, at which time the 
Subordinate Lodges are required.to send in their semiannual 
reports of the number of makings, rejections, suspensions, and 
expulsions, together with their dues. It may also meet at its 
own adjournment, from time to time, and shall be assembled 
by the Grand Master at any time upon the application of seven 

ast Grands, on general business of the Order, or private bu- 
siness of particular Lodges. 

Sxc. 6. All applications for charters to open new Lodges 
shall be addressed to the Grand Secretary, who shall immedi- 
ately inform the Grand Master of applications, if he be within 
the State, and await his decision thereon; but in case of his ab- 
sence as above, the Deputy Grand Master may, at his discre- 
tion, grant a dispensation, subject to the approbation or disap- 
probation of the Grand Lodge at its next meeting. 

ARTICLE U1. 
Powers of the Most Worthy Grand Master. 
Src. 1. He shall preside at all the meetings of the Grand 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 65 


Lodge, preseve order therein, decide on all questions of order, 
and may enforce it by fine; an appeal, however, may always be 
had to the Lodge. 

Sxc. 2. He shall be patti un; when visiting any stberdin- 
ate Lodge, with the honors attached to his Seiicos provided he 
appears in full regalia. 

Sec. 3. He shall appoint any Grand officer pro tem. in the 
absence of the regular elected Grand officer. 

Sec. 4. He shall appoint the Grand Conductor and Grand 
Guardian, and in the event of his resignation, death or remov- 
al, the ‘Deputy Grand Master, shall ex-officio, become Grand 
Master untill the next regular meeting of the Grand Lodge. 

ARTICLE IV. 
*4 Powers of the Deputy Grand Master. 

The. powers of the Deputy Grand Master shall be the same 
as that of the Grand Master during his absence. 

ARTICLE V. 
Duties of the Grand Secretary, 

Sec. 1. The Grand Secretary shall attend in person at eve: 
ry sitting of the Grand Lodge, with all the books and papers 
of his ainae! under the penalty of five dollars, at the discre- 
tion of the Lodge; and in case of his absence, he shall trans- 
mit the books Tha papers, under a penalty of twenty dollars. 

Sxc. 2. He shall transmit annually, immediately after the 
closing of the Grand Lodge, a true printed register of the 
proceedings of the Grand Lodge; to each of the subordinate 
Lodges in the State, and also to the several Grand Lodges in 
the United States. 7 


Sxc. 3. He shall notify all the subordinate Lodges of all the 
stated meetings of the Grand Lodge within one menth pre- 


vious to said meetings. 

Sec. 4, He shall prepare all charters granted by the Grand, 
Lodge, or dispensations granted by the Grand Master, and 
affix the seal of the Grand Lodge thereto; he shall notify each. 
subordinate Lodge of all special meetings, provide all station- 
ery for the use of the Grand. Lodge, and superintend such 
printing as the Grand Lodge shall direct; he shall have power 
to appoint a deputy, and shall receive, as a compensation, . 


66 CONSTITUTION OF ‘THE [ 1849. 


such sum as the Grand Lodge may from time to time direct 
and deem necessary. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Of the Grand Treasurer. 

Sec. I. He shall keep his books in a fair and legible manner 
exhibiting an account of all moneys received and paid away 
by him for the use, and by order of the Grand Lodge, from 
whom received, to whom paid, and by what authority. 

Scr. 2. He shall have his accounts posted at every regular 
meeting of the Grand Lodge, and submit them at each com- 
munication. 

ARTICLE ILV, 
Of the Grand Warden. 

The Grand Warden shall preside in the absence of the 
Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master; he shall assist the 
Grand Master in the ceremonies of the Order, and in the 
preservation of decorum in the Lodge; he shall, ex-officio, or 
by deputy, confer degrees upon all past officers qualified to 
receive the same. 

ARTICLE VIII 
Of the Grand Conductor. 

_ The Grand Conductor is an assistant of the Grand Master 
in the ceremonies of the Order, and preservation of decorum. 
ARTICLE IX. 

Of the Grand Chaplain. 

It shall be the duty of the Grand Chaplain to attend at every 
_ meeting of the Grand Lodge, and to open and close the same 
with prayer, 

ARTICLE X. 
Of the Grand Guardian, | 

It is the duty of the Grand Guardian to attend at the out- 
ward door of the Grand Lodge, and see that none enter but 
well known brethren and officers thereof, until he shall be 
satisfied, ~ 

ARTICLE XI. 
Of Fees and Dues to the Grand Lodge, 
Sec. 1. For every charter for a Lodge, the sum of thirty 
- dollars, which must be paid for on delivery, 


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Sec. 2. Every subordinate Lodge shall pay to the Grand 
Lodge, at each annual communication, a. sum not exceeding 
ten per centum on initiations, degrees, dues, and depositing 
cards. . 

ARTICLE XI. 
Of Votes. 

Sec. 1. Votes shall be by Lodges, or by yeas and nays, 

Sec. 2. In all questions, whenever the vote by Lodges 
is called fer, every Lodge shall be entitled to one vote through 
its Past Grands. 

Sxc. 3. The vote by Lodges on any question may be re- 
quired by any one Lodge. 

Sec. 4. In all other cases, every member of the Grand 
Lodge shall have one vote. 

Szc. 5. The Past Grands of Lodges not reporting to the 
Grand Lodge and paying her dues, are denied the right of 
voting. | 

Sec. 6. All questions in the Gr and Lodge shall be decided 
by a majority of members present, unless the vote by Lodges 
be required. 

Sec. 7. When Past Grands of any Lodge are equally di- 
vided, the Representative thereof elect shall give the vote. 

Sec. 8. The yeas and nays shall be recorded whenever re- 
quired by one-fifth of the members present. However, in all 
cases where the vote by Lodges is taken, the yeas and nays 
shall be recorded. . 

ARTICLE XIII. 
Of Representatives. 

Sec. 1. The Past Grands of each Subordinate Lodge shall 
ex-officio be representatives to the Grand Lodge. 

Sec. 2. Lodges without qualified brethren may appoint a 
Past Grand from any other Lodge to represent them. 

Src. 3. No brother. can represent as proxy more than one 
Lodge at any one time. , 

Sic.:4. No Lodge can be represented by proxy if in ar- 
rears to the Grand Lodge. 


Sec. 5. At the annual communication, the R. W. Grand 
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68 CONSTITUTION OF THE [ 1849. 


Representative and Alternate Representative to the Grand 
Lodge of the United States shall be elected by ballot, to serve 
two years. 
ARTICLE XIV. 
Elections and Qualifications for Office. 

Src. 1. The M. W. Grand Master, R. W. D. Grand Master, 
R. W. Grand Secretary, R. W. Grand Treasurer, R. W. 
Grand Warden, R. W. Grand Chaplain, shall be elected in the 
above order, at the annual communications in May, by ballot. 


Sec. 2. No brother, unless he be a regular Past Grand, and 
a contributing member of his Subordinate Lodge, shall be éli- 
gible for or appointed to any Grand office. The Grand Master 
and Deputy Grand Master shall serve one year, or until the 
next annual communication, and not be re-eligible for that 
office until they have been out of office for one full term. 
Sec. 3. In ballotting, the Grand Secretary shall call over 
the votes in the following manner. 
M. W. Grand Master, or presiding officer 
. W. Deputy Grand Master. 
. W. Grand Secretary. 
. W. Grand Treasurer. 
. W. Grand Warden. 
. W. Grand Chaplain. 
W. Grand Guardian. 
' W. Grand Conduetor. 
M. W. Past Grand Masters. 
10. Past Grands, of No. 1, and continued in order 
of Lodges, according to seniority. 


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Sze. 4. The Grand Conductor shall, at each election, pre- 


sent the ballot box to every voter, as he is called by the Grand 
Secretary, and having collected all the ballots, shall deliver 
them to the presiding officer, who shall appoint two brothers 
to count the same, and announce the result. 

‘Sec. 5. If there be more ballots than voters, the election 
shall be void, and the Lodge proceed anew in the election. 


Sze. 6. A majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to a 
choice ; and if more than two brethren be balloted for, and no 


the 


1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 69 


one of them have a majority of the votes given, the candidate 
having the lowest ballot.shall be dropped; and thus to con- 
tinue until some one of them shall have received a majority. 


ARTICLE XV. 
Appointment to Office. 


Upon the election of Grand Master, he shall appoint the 
Grand Conductor and Guardian, who shall be considered as 
permanent, unless objected to by any brother, in which event 
a majority of the Lodges shall determine the appointment. 

| ARTICLE XVI. 


Installation. 


Sec. 1. The Grand officers shall be installed at the pleasure 
of the Lodge, during the communication at which they are 
elected. . 

Sec. 2. The Grand Master elect is to be installed by the 
present. Grand Master, or the last Past Grand Master, or the 
Senior Past Grand, present. 

Sec. 3. The Grand Master shall then install the Deputy 
Grand Master, and the other newly elected officers. 

ARTICLE XVII. 
Of the Standing Committees. 


There shall be appointed at every regular annual commu- 
nication of the Grand Lodge, the following Standing Com- 
mittees, to consist of three members each: 

1 Committee on Credentials, 

2 Committe on the State of the Order, 

3 Committee on Petitions, 

4 Committee of Finance, 

5 Committee on Returns and Reports of Subordinate Lodges, 

6 Committee on Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order: 

7 Committee on Correspondence, 

8 Committee on Subordinate Lodges not represented. 
ARTICLE XVIII. | 

Suc. 1. Every Lodge shall make a complete semi-annual 
return of the whole number of its members, the number of inl- 
tiations, of suspensions, expulsions, and reinstatement of mem- 


70 CONSTITUTION OF THE f 1849. 


bers; which return shall be regularly attested by the officers 
of the Lodge, and at the annual session shall make a return 
of its officers and the name of every member, with the de- 
grees which he may have taken. 

Sec. 2. No Lodge shall confer any degree on a brother 
who is a member of another Lodge, without first obtaining 
permission of the Lodge to which the brother is attached. 


Sxzc. 3. No Lodge shall admit a proposition to initiate 
any individual unless he be twenty-one years of age.. 


ARTICLE XIX, 
Cases not provided for. 


In all cases not provided for in this Constitution, the Grand 
Lodge shall adhere to and be governed by the aneient cus- 
toms, rules, and principles of the Order. 


ARTICLE. XX: 
Alterations and Amendments. 


No amendment, alteration, or addition, shall be made to this 
Constitution, unless proposed in writing, at.a regular commu- 
nication, and supported by the Past Grands of two Lodges, 
(and a copy thereof certified by the Grand Secretary, shall be 
forwarded to every subordinate Lodge for its consideration,) 
until the next annual communication of the Grand Lodge, and 
such proposed alteration, amendment, or addition, shall not 
take place, unless there shall appear in favor of it, two-thirds 
of the votes present. 


GENERAL LAWS, 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SUBORDINATE LODGES. 


WORKING UNDER THE JURISDIOTION OF THE 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


OR 


Times of Meeting. 
Art. 1. Lodges shall assemble on their appointed eve- 
nings of meeting at such times as they may appoint. 


Quorum. . 


Art. 2, No Lodge shall be opened, unless five brethren 
be present, one of whem shall be qualified to fill the Chair. 


Duty of the Warden. 


Arr, 8. The Warden shall examine every person in the 
room prior to the opening of the Lodge, and when opened, 
the Guardian shall not allow egress or ingress to any one 
without the usual formality. 


Weekly Dues. 


Arr. 4. The members comprising a Lodge shall each pay 
into the funds of such Lodge a sum not less than six and one 
quartet cents per week. 

Of the Officers. 

Arr. 5. There shall be four elective officers, viz: the Noble 
Grand, the Vice Grand, Secretary and Treasurer. The Right 
and Left Supporters to the Noble Grand, the Warden, Con- 
ductor, Guardian, and Scene Supporters, shall be appointed 
by the N. G. and the Right and Left Supporters to the Vice 
Grand shall be appointed by the Vice Grand. 

Time Of Holding Office. 


Arr. 6. Every officer shall fill his station during the space 
of six calendar months. 


4S GENERAL LAWS OF THE [ 1849. 


Eligibility of Officers. 

Arr. 7. No brother shall be held eligible for the N. G’s. 
chair unless he shall have filled the chair of V. G., nor for the 
V. G’s. chair unless he shall have served in an elective office 
to the end of the term, or filled some inferior station twenty 
six nights and shall have received the fifth degree, unless by 
special dispensation from the Grand Lodge. | 


Nominations to Fill the Chairs. 


Art. 8. Propositions for candidates to fill any of the chairs 
shall be made one Lodge night immediately preceding, or on 
the night of election. | 


Past Officers not to oppose other Brothers. 


Arr. 9. No Past Officer shall oppose any qualified broth- 
er for such offices as he may have filled, unless the Past Off- 
cer shall have been four terms out of such oflice, except the 
Secretary and Treasurer. 


( Fines for Tardiness. 


Arr. 10. Every elected or appointed officer shall attend 
the Lodge at the time of opening, or be fined such sum as the 
Lodge shall determine, unless he submit a reasonable excuse 
to be judged of by the Lodge. 


Candidates influencing Elections. 


Art. 11. Any candidate who shall attempt to influence the 
election, shall be fined such sum as. the Lodge a deter- 
mines 

Absence from the Lodge. 

Art. 12. Any elected or appointed officer who shall absent 
himself from his Lodge for more than three successive Lodge 
nights*shall thereby vacate his seat, unless excused by the 


- Lodge, and another officer shall be elected or appointed as the 


case may require, who shall fill the situation for the remain- 
der of the term, and who shall receive all the honors of the 
station as though he had served the full term. 
Installation. . 
Art. 13. The new elected officers shall be installed on the 
night after their election, or as soon thereafter as practicable. 


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1849. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 13 


Using profane or vulgar Language. 

Arr. 14. Any brother who shall make use of profane, vul- 
gar, or indecent language, shall be fined in such sum as the 
Lodge shall determine. 

Power of the Noble Grand. 

Arr. 15. The N. G. shall have full power to preserve order 
in the Lodge, and any brother refusing to obey his commands, 
shall for the first offence be fined, and for the second offence 
may be ordered to leave the room for the night. 

Subordinate Lodges cannot Adjourn. 

Arr. 16. No subordinate Lodge has a right to adjourn, but 
must close in due form, after its regular business shall have 
been gone through with. 

Committee of the Whole. 

Arr. 17. NoSubordinate Lodge has a right to go nto Com- 

mittee of the Whole. 
| Differences between Brethren. 

Arr. 18. Any disputes, aggrievances, or differences exist- 
ing between brethren shall be laid before the Ledge whereof 
the offending party is a member ; the N. G. of the Lodge shall 
thereupon appoint a committee of five, who shall have power 
to summon the contending parties, and determine the matter 
in question ; nevertheless an appeal may be made at all times 
to the i and from their decisions to the Grand Lodge. 


Hazpulsions. 


Agr. 19. Any motion for an expulsion shall be announced 
in open Lodge, on the two Lodge nights previous to its being 
acted upon ; if then carried, the person expelled shall not again 
be admitted into the Lodge (unless the decision be reversed 
by the Grand. Lodge,) and notice thereof shall be sent to sub- 
ordinate Lodges under her Jurisdiction. 

Provided nevertheless, That when a member is expelled for 
non-payment of dues, he may be reinstated without the inter- 
vention of the Grand Lodge, by such a vote as would be ne- 
‘ cessary to admit a new member. 


Suc. 2. No Lodge shall have power to expell a brother from 


"4 GENERAL LAWS OF THE [ 1849. 


his Lodge for any other cause than that of a violation of the 
Constitution of the Grand Lodge of the United States, the 
Constitution and General Laws of the Grand Lodge, or a vio- 
lation of the Laws of the land. 


a Voting. 


Arr. 20. No brother shall be allowed the niseheas of voting 
on the same night whereon he is initiated. 


Neglect of Guardians. 


Art, 21. Any out or inside Guardian who shall admit'a 
brother without the necessary formality, shall be fined or sus- 
pended, at the discretion of the Lodge; and should they con- 
jointly suffer a stranger to enter the Lodge, they shall be ex. 
pelled. 

Divulging Proceedings. 
_ Art. 22. Any member or visiting brother who shall divulge 
any of the proceedings required by them to be kept secret, or 
the name of a brother who may have opposed a person com- 
ing into the Order, or who may have reported unfavorably of 
him, to such applicants, shall be suspended or expelled, at the 
discretion of the Lodge. 


Duty of the IN. G. to sick Brothers. 


Art. 23. In case of the application from a sick brother for 
assistance, the N. G. of the Lodge to which he is attached 
shall visit him, or cause him to be visited by the V. G., or 
some other brother; and if the brother so applying be a bona 
fide member, he shall pay him weekly from the-funds of the 
Lodge, not less than three dollars per week, and also provide 
persons to sit up with such brother, if found necessary. 


Funeral Benefits. 


* Art. 24. In case of the death of a brother, the N. G. of the 
Lodge whereof he is a member, shall cause the funeral bene- 
fit granted by such Lodge to be immediately paid to the widow 
of the deceased brother, which sum shall not be less than 
twenty dollars: should there be no widow it shall be the duty 
of the N. G to have him decently interred at the expense of 
the Lodge. | 


1849. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 75 


Penalty for Intoxication. 

Arr. 27. Any brother who shall be found in a state of in- 
toxication, shall be suspended, not less than twelve weeks, or 
may be expelled. 

Of Illegal Practices. 


Art. 28. Any member of the order, who shall follow any 
illegal practice, shall be suspended or expelled as the Lodge 
shall determine. 

The Right of Appeal. 


Art. 29. In all decisions by the N. G. the right of appeal 
to the Lodge shall be allowed to all brethren affected by his 
decision, und from that decision, to the Grand Lodge. 


Fees for Admission and Degrees. 


Art. 30. No person shall be received in this order for-a 
less sum than five dollars, nor shall the five degrees be con- 
ferred on any member for a less sum than fifteen dollars (ex- 
cept ministers of the gospe! in charge of congregations, all of 
whom shall be admitted free of charge,) and in all cases the 
fees shall be paid in advance. 

Of Candidates for Membership. 


Arr. 31. The name, place of abode, and occupation of a 
person proposed for membership, shall be recorded by the 
Secretary of the Lodge, and the Noble Grand and Vice Grand 
shall appoint a committee of three brethren to examine into 
the character of such person, and the committee shall, after 
due deliberation, give in their report. If after balloting there 
should be found but, one black ball in the ballot-box, a second 
balloting may be had thereon ; if on the second balloting there 
should not be more than one black ball, the election shall lie 
over until the next meeting: Provided, That in this latter 
case, the Lodge shall have power to order a re-ballot on the 
same evening, upon the suggestion of a brother that a mistake 
may have occurred. If then, after balloting, two or more 
black balls are found in the ballot-box, the person so opposed 
shall not be received into the _order, and notice thereof shall 

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76 GENERAL LAWS OF THE [ 1849. 


be sent to the Grand Lodge and all Lodges under her juris- 
diction. Nevertheless, such person may again be proposed 
at the expiration of six months from such application, and. if 
elected shall be received into the order. 

Arr. 82. Any brother who shall have drawn his certificate 
of membership from the Lodge whereunto he was connected, 
is entitled to the A. T. P. in use at the time, and retains the 
right to visit with that word for a year. 


Of Withdrawal Card. 


Art. 33. Any brother who may wish to leave his Lodge 
to join any other, shall receive his certificate of membership, 
provided no accounts or charges stand against him on the 
Secretary’s books; and any brother wishing to deposite his 
certificate in any Lodge shall make application to such Lodge 
for the same through a member thereof; and if a majority do 
not oppose him, he shall be admitted in such Lodge. 

Of the interpretation of the Laws. 

Arr. 34. Should any doubts arise respecting these laws 
they shall be determined by the Grand Lodge, and no one of 
them shall be altered, amended or annulled, except through 
motion made in the Grand Lodge, after due notice having 
been given to the subordinate Lodges. 


Of Spurious Lodges. 


Art. 35. Any brother who shall be concerned in organi- 
zing, or who shall give countenance and support, or who shall 
visit any Lodge or Lodges in the State of North Carolina, 
purporting to be Odd Fellows and not possessing a legal and 
valid charter, duly granted and presented by the Grand Lodge 
of North Carolina, shall be deemed unworthy of fellowship ; 
and may, upon satisfactory proof, be suspended or expelled at 
the option of the Lodge. And any brother so suspended or 
expelled shall not be reinstated unless he makes suitable sub- 
mission, and the Grand Lodge assents thereto. Nor shall any 
person who has been admitted to membership, in such spu- 


rious Lodge, be received into any regular Lodge without the 
consent of the Grand Lodge. .! 


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1849. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 7 


Sub. Lodges failing to make returns. 


Art. 36. Any subordinate Lodge failing to make its return 
and pay its dues to the Grand Lodge, as required by the Ist 
section of article 18th of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, 
for two stated communications in succession, shall thereby 
be deemed extinct and its charter forfeited. Upon the de- 
mise of a Lodge, the last installed officers shall within three 
months transmit or surrender to the Grand Secretary (or such 
other brother as may be appointed by the Grand Lodge to 
receive them) the charter, books, papers, furniture and funds 
of said Lodge; members of extinct Lodges, who were clear 
of the books of such Lodge at the time of dissolution, or who 
have paid up all arrearages then due to the Grand Lodge 
shall upon application to the Grand Secretary, receive certi- 
ficates under the seal of the Grand Lodge to enable them to 
make application for admission to membership in other Lodg-_ 
es, and no member of adefunct Lodge shall be admitted, 
either as a visitor or member, into any regular Lodge without 
such certificate. 





ACT OF INCORPORATION. 


PAPAL LLLP IL 


An act for the incorporation of the Grand Lodge of North Ca- 
rolina of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State 
of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
of the same, That B. F. Tianks, W. S. G. Andrews, A. Paul 
Repiton, D. McMillan, R. B-Haywood, Evander McNair, W. 
H. McKee, J. H. Manly, J. Burr, Jr. A. C. Blount, O. W. 
Telfair, B. W. Vick, Perin Busbee, Alexander McRae, John 
McRae, Jr. John McRae, Sen’r. J. Disosway, Edward Yar- 
borough, J. G. Cook, J. B. Littlejohn, D. Cashwell, O. L. 
Fillyaw, A. B. Chesnutt, L. C. Hubbard, B. J. Howze, and 
J. T. Miller, the present Officers and Representatives in the 
Grand Lodge of North Carolina of ep dependent Order of 
Odd Fellows, and their successors, be, and they are hereby 
declared to be a community, corporation, and body politic by 
the name and style and title aforesaid, and by that name they 
and their successors shall and may at all times hereafter, be 
capable in law to have, receive, and retain to them and their 
successors, property, both real and personal, also devises or 
bequests of any person or persons, bodies corporate or politi- 
cal capable of making the same, and the same at their pleasure 
to transfer or dispose of, in such manner as they may think 
proper. 

Sec. 2 And be it enacted, That the said corporation and 
their successors, by the name and style and title aforesaid, 
shall be forever thereafter capable in law to sue and be sued, 
plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, de- 
fend and be defended in all or any Courts of Justice, and be- 
fore all and any Judge, officers, or persons whatsoever, in al! 
and singular actions, or matters or demands whatsoever. 

3. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
the said corporation, to have a common seal for their use, and 
the same at their will and pleasure to change, alter, and make 
new, from time to time as they may think best; and shall in 
general have and exercise all such rights, privileges and im- 
munities, as by law are incident or necessary to corporations 
and pe may be necessary to the corporation herein consti- 
tuted. 

Read three times, and ratified in the General Assembly 
this 16th day of January, 1849. 

ROB: B. GILLIAM, 
Speaker House of Commons. 
C. GRAVES, 
Speaker of the Senate. 


















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OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 
AT ITS ANNUAL SESSION 
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ANNUAL COMMUNICATION 


OF THE 
RUG? WORTEYT GRAND LODGE 
OF THE 


| STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 
Held at the City of Raleigh, May, 1850. 


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Wepnespay, May 8, 1850. 
The R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina convened this 
day at 10 o’clock, in the Hall of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, when 
the following officers were present : 


J. B. Newsy, M. W. Grand Master. 

P. Busses, R. W. D. Grand Master, (pro tem.) 
Wituiam D. Cooks, R. W. Grand Secretary. 

T. H. Harpenseren, R. W. Grand Treasurer, (pro tem.) 


Junius Witcox, R. W. Grand Warden. 

Rev. A. P. Reprron, R. W. Grand Chaplain. 

O. W. Texrarr, W. Grand Conductor. 

Grorce Lauper, W. Grand Guardian, (pro tem.) 


The Grand Lodge was called to order by the M. W. Grand 


Master, and opened in due form. 
Prayer by the R. W. Grand Chaplain. 
The reading of the Proceedings of the last Annual Com- 


4 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1850. 


munication was commenced, when on motion of Rep. A. P. 
Repiton, the further reading of the minutes was dispensed 
with, and member furnished with a printed copy. 

The R. W. Grand Master appointed the following Com- 
mittee on Credentials : 

Reps. A. P. Repiton, O. W. Telfair, and W. H. McKee, 


who submitted the following report which was concurred in. 


Rerort or ComMmMITTEr oN CREDENTIALS. 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina : 


The Committee appointed to examine the Credentials of Representatives 
and Past Grands, report the following as correct. 


{In order that the names of all the Representatives may appear together 
all are included in this whether reported at the time or subsequently. ] 


Lopees. No. REPRESENTATIVES AND Past Granps. 
Cape Fear PY sie W. L. Smith, Rep. 
$f “ t T. M. Gardner. 
Washington 3 “ H. G. Trader, Rep. 
Cross Creek eas George Lauder, Rep. 

4 rs se S. G. Smith. 
Thaddeus 5, yi Thos. J. Holland, Rep. 
Neuse 6, : W. R. Musgrave, Rep. . 

- “ Bs C. J. Nelson, Alternate Rep. 
Eureka wt _ Jno. N. Washington, Rep. 
Manteo tae Thos. M. Oliver, Rep. 

2 2 ‘i AE D. Haywood. »y 
BIN ight “ sé LT. Proetor. | 
$ ¢  PaG. Ws o Dre ReBa Haywood: 
i: PAG DL, Dre Wel ickKee: 

ae = Aa P. Busbee. 

Mecklenburg Declaration 9, P.D. G@. M., Ed. Yarborough, ( proxy.) 
Phalanx : 10} RR Te. T. H. Hardenbergh, Rep. 
Concordia Th 

Trent ra, 

Franklin 13) DeWitt C. Stone, Rep. 
Achoree ; 14, | 
Winchester 16, 

Covenant 17, 

Smyrna i wld, 

Mountain 19, P. G. M, Dr. W. H. McKee, ( proxy) 
Muchuena 20, eG. David Parrish, Rep. 
Buena Vista 21, a 


Tuscarora 22, James B. Webb, Rep.. 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. #) 


"Tryon 23, 

Oriental 24, 

Piedmont 25, 

North State 26,0 P Gr. T. M. Oliver, ( proay.) 
Columbus. a7, 
Esperanza aoe Gs 'T. H. Harbenbergh, ( proxy.) 
Falling Creek Raa: eats George Lauder, ( proxy.) 
Yadkin | 30, P. G. 8. Wm. D. Cooke, ( proxy.) 


The Committee have in their possession satisfactory evidence that the 
above named Representatives are all entitled to the Past Grand and Grand 
. Lodge Degrees. 

Very respectfully submitted, 
A. P.. REPITON, 
O. W. TELFAIR, 
| W. H. McKEE. 

On motion of P. G. M., W. H. McKee, those of the above 
named Representatives who had not previously received the 
P. G. and G. L. Degrees were introduced and the Degrees 
conferred by the R. W. Grand Warden. 


On motion of Rep. P. Busbee, Bro. Porter, a Scarlet mem- 
ber of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, was appointed to take charge 
of the Lodge room during the sessions of the Grand Lodge, 
and perform such other duties as the Grand Ledge may direct. 


The M. W. Grand Master presented his Annual Commu- 
nication to the Grand Lodge. 


REPORT OF GRAND MASTER. 
To the Rh. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


OFFICERS AND Past GRANDS: 


In accordance with custom and usage, I beg leave to lay 
before you a brief detail of my official acts during the past year. 


Before doing so, however, permit me to congratulate you on the 
success which has attended our laudable efforts during the year 
just closed, and the glorious prospects of a bright Future which are 
opening upon our cause in the good Old North State. 


It is believed that the progress of Odd Fellowship has been more 
rapid during the past, than during any year since its organization, 
within this jurisdiction. Not only have a greater number of Lodges 
been instituted, but those previously in existence have all, or nearly all, 
been prosperous—even beyond the expectations of the most sanguine. 


6 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 18590. 


And while this has been the case, the returns made to the Grand 
Secretary show that the amount of Relief afforded has been fully twen- 
ty-five per cent. more than during any previous year. 

The Order is taking a deep hold upon the affections of our people ; 
and from the indications afforded by the experience of the past year, 
it would appear that they are becoming keenly alive to its great moral 
and social advantages. 


May we not hope that the proverbial intelligence and morality of 
our good citizens will lead them to encourage an Institution whose 
objects are so noble and exalted! And that, ere long, every village - 
and hamlet will bask under the benign influences of our beloved 
Order! So mote it be/ 


At your last Annual Communication, a Charter was granted fora 
Lodge, to be instituted at Colerain, Bertie County. This Lodge was 
duly instituted on the 24th of May last, by P. G? A, R. H. Worth- 
ington, D. D. Grand Master for the Roanoke District. It is called 
“OrientaL Loper, No. 24.” 

I have granted Dispensations, by virtue of which Lodges have been, 
or will be, instituted, as follows : 

“Prepmont Lopau, No. 25,” at Morganton, Burke County. In- 
stituted July 24, 1849. 

“Nortn Srate Lonvas, No. 26,” at Salisbury, Rowan County.— 
Instituted July 28, 1849. 

In consequence of Petitions for the Institution of the above-named 
Lodges, and feeling it my duty to institute as many of the Lodges 
personally as my time and opportunities would permit, I left home 
about the middle of July last and proceeded to Morganton, where [ 
instituted the Lodge as above stated. On my return to Salisbury, I 
also instituted the Lodge at that place. 


And here I beg leave to express my sense of the kindness and cour- 
tesy extended to me by many of the warm-hearted Brothers of the 
West—(those of Mountain Lodge at Lincolnton especially, several of | 
whom accompanied me to Morganton, and were of material assistance 
in instituting the Lodge there.) 

“Cotumsus Loven, No, 27,” at Whiteville, Columbus County, 
was instituted on the 18th of October, 1849, by D. D. G. M., John 
©. Wood. 

“Esperanza Loner, No. 28,” at Plymouth, Washington, County, 
Instituted October 26,1849. P. G., J.C. Justice, District Deputy 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 
Grand Masier for the Newbern Distict, being unable to attend to the 
duty of instituting this Lodge, | deputized ?. G., Thomas. H. Har- 
denbergh, of Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, who performed said duty. 


“Farting Creek Loper, No, 29,” at Rockingham, Richmond 
County. This Lodge was also instituted by myself, on the 22nd of 
November, 1849. 

“Yapxin Lover, No. 30,” at Clemmonsyille, Davidson County. 
Tastituted April 27, 1850, by P. G., John Sloan, of Buena Vista 
Lodge, No. 21. 

“Samaritan Lopes, No. —,” at Chapel Hill, Orange County, and 
——— Lodge, No. —, at Snowhill, Greene County. [The Dispen- 
sations for these two Lodges have been granted very recently, and I 
have as yet received no report of their Institution. | 

I have received a Petition for the Institution of a.Lodge at Smith- 
field, Johnson County. The Petitioners neglected, however, to send 
their Withdrawal Cards, and I did not think proper to grant a Dis- 
pensation without them. The Petition not being in regular form, 
there was no evidence before me to show that the Petitioners had 
obtained such Cards. 


I have likewise received a Petition for the restoration of the Charter 
of Weldon Lodge No. 1. This also I was reluctantly compelled to 
decline granting ;—the Petition not being signed by “a sufficient 
number of its original members.” 


It is hoped and believed, however, that not a very long time will 
elapse before Lodges will be in operation at both of these places. 


_ These Lodges—at least those in actual existence—are flourishing, 
and I respectfully recommend that Charters be granted for the same. 


There is, perhaps, no power conferred upon the Grand Master, the 
exercise of which demands more prudence and discretion, than that 
of granting Dispensations for the Institution of Subordinate Lodges. 
And it should be the duty of Petitioners in such cases, and lhkewise 
of members of the Order generally, to give any and all information 
which may tend to enlighten the mind of the Chief Executive Officer, 
not only in regard to the prospects of success of the Lodges sought to 
be Instituted, but also in regard to the characters and qualifications of 
the Petitioners. . 

The opinion prevails, perhaps to some extent, that it is only neces- 
sary to forward a Petition, and if all things be in regular form, that 
a Dispensation is granted of course. This I regard as: a very great 


§ JOURNAL. OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE ° | 1850. 


error. Many causes may sometimes exist which would render the 
granting of a Dispensation highly improper, and so far from being for 
the “good of the Order,” would rather tend to its injury and down- 
fail. Hence the Grand Master should have the advantage of all the 
information possible to afford him. 

During my brief visit to the Western part of the State, 1 was more 
than ever impressed with the importance of adopting some system by 
which the expenses of Representatives to this Grand Lodge shall be 
paid by this body. The Lodges of the West are most of them weak 
in regard to number of members, and owing to their greater distance 
from the place of meeting of the Grand Lodge, and the more expensive 
rates of travelling, the burden of paying the expenses of Representa- 
tives falls much heavier upon them than upon the Lodges of the East, 
which have generally a larger number of members, besides being more 
conveniently situated to the City of Raleigh. 

In addition to this, it is of very great importance that every 
Lodge should have a Representative here. And while we will bring 
to our aid that ¢alent, and zeal for the Order, which, rather than num- 
bers, constitutes the strength of the Western Lodges, we shall be 
enabled to aid in dispelling those old sectional prejudices, which have 
too long distracted and divided the people of our State, and will like- 
wise strengthen the bonds of that glorious Brotherhood, whose ge 
linked chain encircles our whole vast country. 

At your last Annual Communication, a Resolution was adopted, 
appropriating the sum of Fifty Dollars for the education of the son of 
P. G., Arch’d Boykin, deceased, of the late Weldon Lodge, No. 1. 
I accordingly drew an order on the Grand Treasurer for the amount, 
directed that it be forwarded to P. G. M., John Campbell, at Weldon- 

Allow me here to remind you of the importance and necessity of 
creating a Fund for the maintainance of the Widows and education 
of the Orphans, of members of the Orde in good standing, in cases 
where the Lodges to which they belonged shall cease to exist, either 
by forfeiture of Charter or otherwise; or where the Subordinate 
Lodges, though ‘still existing, shall be unable to afford that amount of 
relief which circumstances may demand. 

’ At your Annual Communication in May, 1844, it was i 

“ Resolved, That this Grand Lodge is pledged to provide for the 
education of orphan children of the members of this Order, whose 
eiteumstances shall require such aid as the Lodges to which their 
fathers belonged shall be wnable to extend td them.” 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. | 9 


And it was also 


“ Resolved, That whenever a Lodge shall surrender its Charter to 
this Grand Lodge, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of such Lodge 
to furnish the Grand Secretary a list of the names of all the members 
of such Lodge,” &ec., and “also the number and names: of widows 
and_orphans of deceased members. And that the Grand Secretary 
shall-issue a certificate er card to the Widows of such deceased mem- 
bers as were in good standing at the time of their death.” 

To earry out the wishes of the Grand Lodge, as expressed in the 
above resolutions, [ beg leave respectfully to suggest to your conside- 
ration and approbation— : 

dist. That all moneys remaining in the Treasury, not otherwise 
appropriated, except so much as may be necessary to meet the current 
expenses of the ensuing year, be invested in safe Bank Stocks, and be 
known as “The Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund” of this Grand Lodge. 


Second. That the interest of this Fund be applied to the support of 
the Widows and education of the Orphans of members of defunet 
Lodges within this jurisdiction. | 

Third. That a Committee be annually elected by ballot, (of which 
the Grand Master shall be ex officio Chairman,) who shall have charge 
of the disbursement of this Fund, and to whom all applications for 


Rehef shall be made, 


fourth. That this Committee be required to keep an accurate record 
of their proceedings, and make report to each Annual Communication 
of the Grand Lodge ; and that they have power to grant such amount 
of relief in cach case as may be considered necessary, not exceeding a 
specified sum. 


It would also be proper, should your Body see fit to adopt such a 
plan as is recommended, that the Committee be authorized to receive 
donations to said Fund, either from Lodges or individuals, ° 


When it is considered that many of our Subordinate Lodges are 
located in small villages, with a very limited number of members, and 
that, such Lodges are liable, from causes impossible to control, to lose 
their existence, it would seem but an act of justice, without regard to 
prudential reasons, that.the Grand Lodge should place itself ina 
situation to meet any responsibilties which might be incurred thereby: 

Trusting; therefore, that the subject will meet with that. considera- 
tion at your hands which. its importance demands, it is respectfully 
submitted to your superior wisdom, 


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Circumstances connected with the action of the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, at its last Annual Communiction, have had the effect 
of bringing about a state of feeling sincerely to be regretted. As, 
however, the Report of your Grand Representatives will doubtless 
explain all the causes of difference, it is deemed improper to enlarge 
upon the subject in this Report. 

In addition to the order for Fifty Dollars, drawn on the Treasurer 
as above stated, two other orders have been drawn. One for $160, to 
pay the expenses of our Grand Representatives, and also the Represen- 
tative tax; and one for Thirteen Dollars, in favor of P. G. John 
C. Wood, for travelling and incidental expenses incurred in the Insti- ° 
tution of Columbus Lodge, No. 27. 

I have granted Dispensations to Mountain Lodge, No. 19, to change 
time of meeting from Friday to Wednesday; Tuscarora Lodge, No. 
22, to change time of meeting from Friday to Saturday ; and to North 
State Lodge, No. 26, to change time of meeting from Friday to 
Tuesday. 

I have granted permission to the following Lodges to have Public 
Addresses, Dedicatory Ceremonies, public Processions in Regalia, &e: 

Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2; Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4; Manteo 
Lodge, No. 8; Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21; Tuscarora Lodge, No. 
22; Tryon Lodge, No. 23; and Esperanza Lodge, No. 28. 

I have also granted permission to ——- Lodge, No. —, Danville, 
Va., to Initiate as many citizens of Milton, N. C., as may be necessary 
to Institute a Lodge. And also to Magnolia Lodge, No. 21, Marion 
Court House, South Carolina, to Initiate a citizen of Anson ‘Obtint. 
in this State. 

I have received during the year, $180 for Charter fees, and also the 
Dues from Cross Creck Lodge, amounting to $20 74,—making in 
all $200 74, : 

I have paid out, for expenses attending the Institution of Lodges’ 
Books, Postage, &c., about $125. A more particular account of which 
will be submitted i the Committee of Finance. 


The stock of Books, &e., being nearly exhausted, I ee a supply 
from the Grand Cor. and Rec. Secretary at Baltimore, the bill for 
which, (amounting to “$3 2,) [paid out of funds in my hands. 


The correspondence of this office has been very voluminous during 
the past year. As some matters connected with it, however, could not 
properly be mentioned here, it is thought better that. the whole be 
placed in the hands of the appropriate Committee. 


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1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1! 


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In conclusion, permit me to return my warmest thanks for the 
high honor conferred in placing meat the head of the Order in the 
State; and allow me to express the hope, that in the.selection of my 
successor, your choice may fall upon one better qualified to discharge 

the arduous and responsible duties of this office. 
Fraternally yours, 


J. B. NEWBY, @ M. 


Rep. John N. Washington moved that the report of the 
Grand Master be referred to a Select Committee of three to 
classify and distribute the subjects in said report, which 
motion, was agreed to. 


The Grand Master appointed on said Committee Reps. 
John N. Washington, C. J. Nelson, and Thos. M. Oliver. 


The Grand Master appointed the following Standing Com- 
mittees : 

Committee on Credentials —Reps. A. P. Repiton, O. W. 
Telfair and W. H. McKee. 


Committee on the State of the Order of the Order—Reps. 
John N. Washington, R. B. Haywood, and W. L. Smith. 


Committee on Petitions —Reps. O. W. Telfair, J. D. Gard- 
ner and C. J. Nelson. 


Committee of Finance.—Reps. W. L. Smith, W. H. McKee 
and DeW. C. Stone. 


Committee on Returns and Reports of Subordinate Lodges. 
Reps. T. H. Hardenbergh, W. R. Muserave and George 
Lauder. 


Committee on Constitutions, By-Laws and Rules of Order. 
Reps. R. B. Haywood, H. G. Trader and J. D. Gardner. 


Committee on Correspondence.—Reps. Perrin Busbee, J. 


B. Webb and Ed. Yarborough. 


Committee on Subordinate Lodges not represented.—Reps. 
W.R. Musgrave, T. J. Holland and A. P..Repiton. 


The Committee on Credentials, reported that they had 
received and examined the certificate of Past Grand T. M. 
Oliver as Representative by proxy of North State Lodge, No, 


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26, and recommend that- he be admitted and recognised as 
representative of that Lodge. 


The report was concurred in. 


On motion, the Grand Lodge adjourned to meet at 3 
o'clock, P. M. 


May 8th—8 o’clock, P. M. 
“The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment. 

The Committee on Credentials reported that they had ex- 
amined the certificates of the following Representatives, and 
find them correct. 

P. G., Rev. James Delk, Oriental Lodge, No. 24. 
Henry G. Trader, Washington “ ee es 
Respectfully submitted, 
W. H. McKEE, 
O. W. TELFAIR. 


The Select Committee on the classification of the Grand 
Master’s Annual Communication, submitted the following 
Report : 

The Committee to whom was referred the Report of the Most Worthy 
Grand Master, with the duty of distributing its different subjects for the 
action of the appropriate Committees, have performed that duty, and beg 
leave to recommend the following, viz : 

Ist. On granting charters to Lodges working under Dispensations from 
the Grand Master. ‘To the Committee on Petilions. 

and. On the application for the institution of a Lodge at Smithfield, 
Johnston County. Vo the Committee on Petitions. Ese 

3rd. On the Petition for the restoration of the Charter to Weldon Lodge, 
No. 1. To the Commitee on the State of the Order. 

4th. On the proper use of the Power delegated to the Grand Master, of 
granting Dispensations for the opening Lodges. To the Committee on the 
State of the Order. : 

5th. On the propriety of the Grand Lodge paying the expenses of Rep- 
resentatives. ‘I’o a Select Comunittee of three. 

6th. On the propriety of creating a fund for the maintenance of Widows 
and Orphans. ‘Io a ‘Select Committee of three. 

ith. So much as refera to Orders drawn on the Grand Treasurer, and 
monies received and paid out by the Grand Master; also bills for books 


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1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 13 


furnished by the Grand Lodge of the United States. Yo the Cominittee on 
Finance. his 
8th. So much as refers to granting Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22, and North 
State Lodge, No. 26, permission to change the time of meeting. To the 
Committee on the State of the Order. 
9th. So much as refers to granting Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2.—-Croas 
Creek Lodge, No. 4,—Manteo Lodge, No. 8,—Buena Vista Lodge, No. 
21,—Tuscarora Lodge, 22,—Tryon Lodge, No, 23,—and Esperanza Lodge, 
No. 28, permission to have public addresses, Dedicatory ceremonies, public 
Processions in Regalia, &c. To the Committee on the State of the Order. 
10th, So much as refers to granting permission to ———— Lodge No. 
— Danville, Va., to initiate as many citizens of Milton, N. C., as may be 
necessary to institute a Lodge; also to Magnolia, Lodge, No. 21, Marion 
Court House, S. C., to initiate a citizen of Anson County in this State— 
To a Select Committee of three. 
11th. ‘The Official Correspondence of the Grand Master. ‘To the Com- 
mittee on Correspondence. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 
JOHN N. WASHINGTON, 
C. J. NELSON, 
THOMAS M. OLIVER. 
On motion, the Report, was adopted. 


The Grand Master appointed the following Select Com- 
mittees, in complaiance with the above Report: 
Committee on paying the Hapenses of the Representatives. 


Reps. T. H, Hardenbergh, J. Delk and W. R. Musgrave 


Committee on creating a Widow's and Orphan's Fund.— 
Reps. R. B. Haywood, H.G. Trader and J. D. Gardner. 

Commitiee on permission to initiate citizens of Milton in 
a Lodge out of the State, Gc. ——-Reps. W. L. Smith, Thomas 
J. Holland and James Delk 


Rep. T. H. Hardenbergh offered the following resolution 
which was adopted : 


Resolved, That the Committee on the State of the Order be instructed to take into 
consideration and report upon the expediency of changing the P. W. quarterly. 


The Grand Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, Past Grands J. H. Manly and Talcott Burr, 
Jr., not being present, their report to the Grand Lodge of 
North Carolina, was read by the Grand Secretary, Wm. D. 
Cooke. 


14 JOURNAL OF PROCREDINGS OF THE _ [ 1850. 
REPORT OF THE 
R. W. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES T0 THE &. LU. 8. 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of the State of North Carolina: 


Having been honored by your Right Worthy Body to seats 
in the G. L. U. S., as Representatives of the Order in North 
Carolina, we proceeded to Baltimore, and attended the An- 
nual Communication for the year 1849, commencing Sept, 
17th; meeting the Representatives of 28 Grand Lodges and 
23 Grand Encampments, together with five P. G, Sires, and 
we take this occasion at once to congratulate you, and to ex- 
press our own pleasure in witnessing their deliberations, pat- 
ronized and guided by so much intelligence and virtue. 

The subjects of Legislation were numerous and important, 
sometimes exciting by the exercise of wisdom, experience, 
and a characteristic sacrifice of the pride of opinion directed 
in harmony their united eflorts to distinguish the utility, and 
integrity of the Order every where. 

It is not our desire to cail yourattention to all the proceed- 
ings of that body during its session, but we will content our- 
selves by asking your indulgence in presenting a few of its most 
prominent acts. 


1. Amendment of Constitution of G. L. of N. C. The 
Constitution of the G. L. of North Carolina, as amended at its 
last Annual Communication was approved, 


2. How an Odd Fellow whose Card has expired can reu- 
nite himself tothe Order. The inquiry ordered to be pro- 
pounded by the G. L. of North Carolina, by resolution of 
Rep. Justice, to-wit :-——“How an Odd Fellow whose card had 
expired should proceed to re-unite himself with the Order,” 
was not made in open Lodge for the reason that the answer 
already existed in the proceedings of that Grand Body. Ap- 
plication must be made as for original membership, the fees to” 
be regulated by State jurisdiction, no formal initiation required 
in such cases. 


3. Representatives G. L. U- S. The power of appointing 


a Grand Representative in the event of 2 vacancy, may be 
vested by a Grand Lodge in its officers. Alternates are not 


oe 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 15 


recognized—neither is a Grand Representative required to 
be a contributing member of a Subordinate Encampment. 
Proceedings G. L. U. S. Vol. 3, page 348, 370. 


4. Acting N..G. A V.G. acting as N. G. must wear N. 
G’s Regalia.—Jbid 353. 

5. A citizen may be initiated in any Lodge in any adjoining 
State or Territory when there is none in his own.—Jid Vol. 
3 page 278, 380, 390. 

6. By-Law interpreted. No candidate can be initiated into 
a Lodge remote or proximate in a different jurisdiction from 
that in which he resides, unless the consent of the Grand 
Lodge or Grand Master of his jurisdiction first be obtained 
which, legally authenticated consent shall accompany his ap- 
plication.—fdid page 280, 871, 390. 

7. Infirmity a disqualification. No person can be admit- 
ted into the Order who is deprived of sight, or of hearjng or 
of the power of speech.—ZJbid, pp, 276, 348, 262. 

8. Religious Test. No peculiar views which do not affect 
the belief of an applicant “in a Supreme Being the Crestor 
and Preserver of the Universe,’ disqualify him for admission 
to the Order.—Jbid, pp. 282, 381, 391. 

9. Admission of unworthy persons. If an unworthy per- 
son be admitted into the Order, his initiation is nevertheless 
valid and he must be expelled after trial upon charges duly 
filed.—Jbid, pp. 284, 853, 389. 


10. Expunging of Record. It is not competent for an En- 
campment (or Lodge) to rescind from its minutes the record 
of the election of a member.—G. Sire Kneass decision, Ibid 
pp. 268., 372, 391. 

11. Resignation in Writing. A member in good standing, 
may sever his connection with the Order, by a written resig- 
nation.—ILbid, pp. 279, 327, 358. 

12. Suspension. The suspension of a member terminates 
by its limitation, and he becomes reinstated without action on 
the part of his Ledge.—-Ibid, pp. 383, 391. 

13. Expulsion of Suspended members. A member under 
suspension is still liable to discipline for unworthy conduct 


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and may be expelled.—Jdid, pp. 277, 380, 890. Also, 383, 391. 

14. Deposit of Card. A member may deposit his card in 
a Lodge in aState other than that in which he resides, pro- 
vided such Lodge is nearest his residence, and that the con- 
sent of the jurisdiction under which the Lodge exists be first 
obtained.—J/bid, pp. 278, 327, 357. 

15. ‘Rejection of Card. If an application for membership 
by deposit of card be rejected, the card must be returned ‘to 
the applicant.—bid, pp. 277, 327, 357. 


16. Price of Depositing. The price of the Hepouune of 
cards and the claims to benefits under them, are determined 
by the local authorities.—Ibid, pp. 281. 329, 358. 


17. Final Card. An application for a final card may be 
withdrawn at any time previous to a vote thereon.—JL0id, pp. 
279, 350, 389. | | 

18. Card from Suspended Lodge. A final card is not af- 
fected by the suspension or expulsion of the Lodge from which 
it issues after the grant thereof. Otherwise with a travelling 
card.—Zbid, pp. 276, 348, 362, 


19. Priviliges of Final Card. The holder of a final card 
may join in afuneral or other procession, with consent of the 
Lodge, having direction of the same, But not as a right per- 
taining to such card.—Zbid, pp. 279, 349, 381, 391. . 


20. Final Card Expired. A Lodge has no power over 
the holder ofa final card after its limitation of twelve months. 
—lbid, pp. 279, 354, 389. 

21. Suspended or Hxpelled Lodges. No officer elected, nor 
member admitted, nor act performed by a Lodge during its 
suspension or expulsion can be recognized or legalized. By 
the reinstatement of a Lodge, the rights, privileges and duties 
of the officers and fe revive as if there had been no in- 
terruption.—G. Sire Kneass decision, Ibid, pp. 268, 372, 391. 


22. Defunct Lodges. - The restoration ofa charter to a cer- 
tain number of the members of a Defunct Lodge does not re- 
store all who were in good standing when tae Lodge ceased 
to exist.—fbid, pp. 355, 390. , 


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23. Patriarch, Member of Suspended Lodge. Ifa patri- | 
arch be a member of a suspended Lodge, his membership in 
the Encampment ceases. But upon reinstatement of his 
Lodge and re-election to his Encampment, he cannot be 
charged for dues by the latter for the intervening time.—G. 
Sire Kneass decision, Ibid, pp. 268, 372, 391. 


24. Contempt Defined. 'The refusal, or wilful neglect of a 
member to appear and answer to charges preferred against 
him constitutes contempt, within the meaning of the Digest. 
Div. 3, Art; 3, § 25. Ibid, pp. 273, 380, 390. 


25. Divorced Wife as Witness. Divorce from the bond 
of matrimony renders a woman competent to testify in the 
case of her husband. Otherwise if the divorce be from bed 
and board.—J/bid. 


26. Display of Emblems. No member can use the Em- 
blems of the Order by way of advertisement or public display 
not directly appertaining to the wants of the Order.—Zbid, 
pp. 279, 349, 363. 


27. Representatives in Grand Lodges: If a Grand Lodge 
adopt “a representative basis,” its representatives must consist 
of P. G’s.—G. Sire Kneass decision, Ibid, pp. 268, 372, 391. 


28. Officers of Grand Lodge. A Grand Lodge may ap- 
point such officers, additional to those named of the Digest, 
as its wants may req&ire.—I/bid, pp. 282, 381, 391. 


29. Officers of Subordinate. A Grand Lodge cannot elect 
an officer for a Subordinate.—ZJbid. 


30. Grand Master. A Grand Master has the right to take 
part in the proceedings of his Subordinate Lodge.—ZJbid, pp. 
283, 381, 391. 


31. Lectures. A Grand Master cannot ‘authorize the de- 
livery of lectures upon Odd Fellowship. That power rests 
_ with the Grand Lodge.—G. Sire Kneass decision, Ibid, pp. 
268, 872, 391. | | 

82. Grand Marshal. \tis the duty of a Grand Marshal, 
when his Grand Lodge appears in processions or at visita- 
tions, to take charge of thé*same, and make arrangements 





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for the comfort and accomodation of its members.—G. Sire 
Kneass decision, bid, pp. 268, 372, 391. 

33. Meetings of Subordinates. A Grand Lodge may 
authorize its subordinates to hold semi-monthly meetings ; 
but twenty-six nights service is necessary to complete aterm. 
Ibid, pp. 322, 370, 390. 

34. Total Abstinence Regulation. A Grand Lodge cannot 
approve a By-Law of its Subordinate prohibiting under pen- 
alty the use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage; the prin- 
ciple never having received the sanction of the G. L. U.S. 
Ibid, pp. 282, 382, 391. 


35. Reconsideration of a Vote upon Charges. It a Grand 
Lodge have passed a vote acquitting a brother, expelled by 
his Lodge upon charges, it is competent for such Grand Lodge 
to reconsider and confirm the decision of its Subordinate.— 
Ibid, pp. 283, 354, 389. 3 

The deliberations of which the foregoing are the results, 
were harmonious, with but few formal dissenters; indeed, we 
may say, the propriety of the application of the above rules 
and principles was universally admitted. We come now to 
the consideration of those subjects, new, and of vital import 
to the Order at large; affecting its future harmonious ad- 
vancement, and illustrating the beautiful and conservative 
feelings, and the comprehensive powers of fraternization 
claimed by that dignified and supreme a€semblage. 


And first, as to the provision altering the Constitution of 
G. L.. U.S. making future provision for the raising of funds 


to defray the expenses of Grand Representatives from State. 


jurisdictions to the G. L. U.S.’ 


Heretofore you all well know that these expenses were paid 
by this Grand Body, so also inall the other State jurisdictions, 
but by the alterations here referred to, this system is changed 
and a tax islevied equally “per capita,’ upon all the contri- 
buting members of this Continent. The necessity of this 
change appeared to be evident, so as to secure a full represen- 
tation from all the Grand Lodges. and Encampments, and to 
enable the humblest member within the humblest jurisdiction, 


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to feel the equality of his influence in that body. Under the 
old forms many of our poorer sisters were compelled to con- 
tribute the widows mite to have her name and interests 
whispered there—their treasuries were beggared, and they 
compelled to overlook their most useful sons, to neglect past 
services and useful genius, and to look to wealth and opulence 
alone to speak their voice or be comparativ ely ioreotgn and 
unrepresented. 


The Grand Lodges of the States of Texas and her infant 
sister Lowa, and several others with a constituency of less than 
two hundred were unable to send their representatives from 
the paucity of their means; and while they would be the last 
to ask our benefits, still as infant sisters, struggling to main- 
tain their family influence, it was our duty to give them of 
our abundance, to rear them to their proper dignity, and teel 
ourselves the genial rays of their energy, in the cause of 


Friendship, Love, and Truth. 


From the peculiar locality of the G. L. of North Carolina, 
either arrangement would make but little difference as to the 
demands upon herfor this support, and hence, the undersigned 
_felt free to exercise their judgment, unbiased by mercenary or 
"selfish considerations : they therefore, voted for the alteration. 
Heretofore the Grand Lodge of North Carolina has paid an- 
nually about $160 to this purpose, hereafter it will be much 
reduced, and the aggregate amount of six cents upon each 
contributing member in the State will be required. This tax 
wil of course be lessened so much by every initiation into 
the Order upon this Continent until the new States of Utah, 
California, New Mexico, etc., shall establish their Grand 
Lodges, when it may be possibly necessary to increase it a 
fraction. ‘The amendment is as follows: 


“Resolved, That the pay of Representatives to and officers 
of this body (excepting those to whom stated salaries are al- 
lowed,) shall be three dollars per diem during their attendance 
upon the sessions of the Grand Lodge of the United States.” 

Be it further Resolved; That in addition to the above, the 
said Representatives and Officers shall also receive six cents 
for each mile travelled from their respective residences to the 

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place g meeting of the Grand Lodge of the United States and 
back again; the said mileage tobe computed by the nearest 
mail route between said points.” 


“And be it further Resolved, That the said per diem allow- 
ance and mileage, shall be paid by the Grand Treasurer, on 
the certificate of the Grand Secretary.” | 


“And beit further Resolved, That to meet the payment of 
the said per diem allowance and mileage, the Grand Sire and 
the Grand Secretary shall make an annual assessment upon 
each State Grand Body; said assessment to be estimated pro 
rata upon the number of members of the subordinate Lodges 
and Encampments of such State Grand Bodies respectively.” 


The undersigned are fully apprised of the dissatisfaction 
which this alteration has given to some of the largest State 
jurisdictions—the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Mary- 
Jand, and Massachusetts, can count their thousands, when 
others can count their scores—and they complain bitterly of 
a system which draws so heavily upon their treasury. The 
sum demanded of them, we admit looks large; but is it so? 
Numbers constitute wealth in our Order, numbers only ; and 
as we can know no distinction among brothers, the equality - 
of benefits, privileges and burdens, should be characterized 
by universality ; the brother of New York is a brother still in 
Texas, the brother of Iowa, is hailed as the brother of Mary- 
land, their interests are the same, their rights are the same, 
and their ‘responsibilities and burdens should be the same, 
wherever they may be cast by the appointment of Providence, 
whether the extent of their particular jurisdiction numbers 
units or thousands. Those who have much should be willing 
to give much, and of those who have little, little should be re- 
quired. The principle is ajust one, however, much it may be 
controverted, and it is to show the correctness of this princi- 
ple and the inequality of the old one, that we ask why should 
our poor and weak sisters pay their hundreds in order to have 
a full representation to transact the business of their opulent 
and older sisters, while the Grand Lodge of Maryland, as an 
instance, pays not one farthing. 


But it isdenied that the Grand Lodge of the United States 


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had the power under the Constitution to make the alteration. 
We know not in what the authority of such an assertion is 
founded, for according to the Constitution as we have learned 
in Article Ist, it is the source of all true and legitimate au- 
thority in Odd Fellowship, with it is placed the power to en- 
act such laws and regulations as shall be for the good of the 
Order in general, it is the ultimate tribunal to which all mat- 
ters of general importance to the Order are to be referred, and 
its decisions thereon are final and conelusive, and all State 
bodies assemble under its warrant, and derive their authority 
from it. And we also learn in the last Article of the Consti- 
tution that if an alteration or amendment be offered in writing 
at one annual Communication, at the next stated meeting the 
amendments may be considered, and if agreed to by two-thirds 
of the votes given, shall become a part of the Constitution. 
All these forms were complied with, and the final vote was: 
Yeas 53, Neas 25, more than two-thirds of the votes given 
in the affirmative. 


It is further urged as an objection to this law, that the con- 
stituency of those who voted in the negative, exceeded by 
20,000 the constituency of those who voted in favor of altera- 
tion, and that the organic basis of representation is unfair. 
That the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, with a constituency 
ofnearly 40,000, carried only the same weight with the G. L, 
of North Carolina with a constituency of less than 2,000, and 
to this objection we shall make no argument here, it is sufli- 
cient for us to say, “ita lex scripta est,” these laws are of their | 
own making, and with a full knowledge of the probably present 
condition of the Order. They chose only to speak the voice 
of equality with other State jurisdictions which might knock 
for admittance without regard to numbers, when they exceed- 
ed. 1000, subordinates. It is not becoming then, to find fault 
with the operations of theirown handiwork. Every individ- 
ual when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural 
liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase, and in consid- 
eration of receiving the advantage of mutual commerce, 
obliges hira to conform to.those laws which the community 
has thought proper to establish. No man that considers a — 


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moment would wish to retain the absolute and uncontrolled 
power of doing whatever he pleases, the consequence of which 
is, that every other man must have the same power, and then 
there.would be no security to individuals in any of the en- 
joyments of life » so with bodies of men, they must not demand 
too much, they should. compromise something to the general 
advantage: ‘These Grand, Lodges enlightened as they are, 
must rest the preservation of their rights and privileges upon 
the virtue, independence, justice and sagacity of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States; if either of these fail the Frater- 
nity is gone; its shadow may remain with all the pomp and 
circumstance of government, but its vital powers will have 
departed. 


Another matter which has caused some dissatisfaction, is 
the holding of the adjourned session ofthe Grand Lodge of 
the United States, in Cincinnati, in September 1850, for’ the 
purpose of revising the constitution of the Grand Lodge 
of the United States, to beimmediately succeeded by a regular 
Annual Communication. The undersigned were opposed to 
this measure from motives of expediehey and economy, and 
to prevent the unhappy state of things in the State of Mary- 
land, which at present exists. And opposed as they believed 
itto be, to the spirit and intendment of that Article of the 
Constitution, which requires thet all propositions to amend 
the Constitution, shall be made at one stated meeting, and 
acted upon at the next; giving time for deliberate reflection, 
and instructions if necessary, om the State Grand Lodges 
to their Representatives. For an account of the state. of 
things ‘alluded to in Maryland, we refer you to the last pro- 
ceedings, and also to a circular Jetter from the Grand Secre- 
tary of that State, dated Feb. 28th, 1850, all of which are filed 
in the office of your Grand Secretary. a3 

~The unhappy difficulty in the State of New York, ireidviike 
had grown out of certain Conventional reforms, had-for half 
the session remained unnoticed, although much anxiety pre- 
vailed to-avert the calamity, which seemed inevitable under 
the existing condition of affairs until its. distraction was, again 

: 


brought prominently before the Grand Lodge of the rhe: 


peas) 


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States, bya Representative, eminent for his practical refiec- 
tions and ingenuous: judgment, who démanded for the good 
of the Order, one final effort to avert the anarchy which we 
could not close our eyes upon ; convulsing the whole fraterni- 
ty from its fundamental organization in that particular juris- 
diction, and gradually obscuring our most vital principle, 
unity. ‘To effect this great object a Committee was appointed 
of the best material, to take the matter under consideration, 
and to digest a plan which should restore our wonted harmo- 
ny. And most triumphantly were their recommendations 
responded to. ‘They presented to us what you too well know, 
a divided jurisdiction——a division produced by an abstraction 
of a metiphisical formality; one portion of the State working 
under what is termed an old Constitution, the other working 
under a new form called a new Constitution differing immate- 
rially in their provisions, and neither positively obnoxious. to 
the principles of Odd Fellowship, and all growing out ofthe 
mere forms of ratification by the Grand Lodge of the United 
States—a disruption which we were informed had not as.yet, 
interfered with the feelings of the comity, and mutual obli- 
gations of the Subordinate members, the one to other. 


The Granda Lodge of North Carolina, is doubtless well in- 
formed in all the details of this once unhappy, but now settled 
controversy, and while your Representatives voted against 
their stern judgment ina governmental point of view; they 
ask a ratification at your hands, of their vote in the premises: 
—dictated as they were, by the pure principles: of brother- 
ly love, peace and charity. We had presented to:us‘on the 
one hand, a once happy and united family dismembered and 
alienated—languishing tinder the weight of their troubles, 
looking silently, but with confidence to us for. good govern- 
ment and harmony—with a conscientious rectitude of 
purpose. Commanding our kind offices as a meditator——with 
a certainty of total dismemberment of the Order in the United. 
States, if neglected staring us in the face—while on the other 
hand, the repeated decisions of a most able and virtuous Grand 
Sire—supported, by .a majority of the Grand Lodge of the 


United States—disobeyved and disregarded—together with the 


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necessity of embarking in a course of legislation, the expedi- 
ency of which was deemed heretofore doubtful and dangerous ; 
to wit: a reclamation of chartered rights, and a division of 
territory uninvited except by the circumstances which sur- 
rounded us. Had this been all, the undersigned would have 
been foremost to stand by the correct, and uncontrovertable 
decisions of the then Most Worthy Grand Sire, and the Grand 
Lodge, proper of New York. But amid the clashings of argu- 
mentation where feeling, candor and eloquence rioted in 
their most luscious aspects; we learnt from those deservedly 
high in the confidence and esteem of their own State, and the 
United Fraternity, that the substance of the compromises 
proposed, would be readily assented to—but the time and 
form was objectionable for want of the sanction of the Grand 
Lodge of New York, which sanction they were ready to 
guarantee, and did guarantee, whenever the matter should be 
presented to them. Why then should we delay? why then 
_ postpone for a twelve month, te consummate that which was 
already performed virtually by the consent of parties? Why 
risk greater anarchy and total wreck to the single feeling of 
pride. 

It may be said that we have offered a premium to resis- 
tance !—but in all this, there was no rebellion flaunting her 
scorpions in the face of our constituted authorities ; no reck- 
less profanation of the character of true Odd Fellows, but as 
we believe, to them a well-grounded but widely mistaken 
belief, (supported too, by a very respectable portion of the 
talent of the Grand Lodge of the United States,) of the cor- 
rectness of their position. In discharging then this responsible 
duty, we were guided entirely by our love of harmony and 
compromise, at the expense of our personal pride, but in the 
{tue spirit of forgiveness of brother to brother—we voted 
therefore with a majority of two-thirds of the Grand Lodge, 
for a division ofthe State, into two State jurisdictions, by 
geographical lines North and South, to be known as the Grand 
Lodges, of Southern and Northern New York. To these 
sentiments of compromise, we ask your concurrence, promo- 
tive as it must be,.of future harmony and good will, for to. 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. QD 


you we look as a source to aid our deficiencies, and to the 
well tried intelligence and virtue of the Fraternity in the 
State. Our confidence under every difficulty has been placed 
in the principles of our Order. to be carried out for good, next 
to that which we feel in the guardianship and guidance of that 
Almighty Being, whose power regulates the destiny of us all, 
and whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to 
this rising Fraternity, and to whom we address our devout 
gratitude for the past, as wellas our fervent supplications 
for the future. iy 

For the healthful prosperity of the fraternity, every where, 
especially the Sandwich Islands, Oregon, etc., we respectfully 
refer you to the report of the Grand Secretary of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States. 

As to the future; Most Worthy Grand Sire, Griffin, of 
Georgia, who was installed at the last session of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, a gentleman unsurpassed in in- 
telligence and dignity of character, with the co-operation of 
his various worthy assistants, will prove an able helmsman, 
and we may reasonably expect under his administration re- 
newed confidence in-the success of our principles and the 
integrity of their fulfillment. 

In conclusion, it will be your pleasure to elect a Grand 
Representative to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expira- 
tion of the term of T. Burr ; and after tendering our sincere 
thanks for the honors you have conferred upon us, we leave 
you to discharge your high duties, and may you command 
respect and admiration by carefully fostering benevolence and 
virtue, and may your acts tower in the upper day, gleaming 
in pure brightness and flashing the dusky air with its meteo- 
ric gems; that our beloved Order may illustrate the beau 
ideal of good government, and that we may all join in one 
common prayer, “ Liste perpetua,” 

masa MANLY, 
BURR. 

Rep. O. W. Felfair offered the following resolution which 
was unanimously adopted : et 

Resolved, That the Report of the Right Worthy Grand Representatives, John Hy. 


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Manly and Talcott Burr, Jr., be reecived and spread upon the minutes, and that the 
thanks of this Grand Body are hereby tendered them for the faithful and able manner 
in which they have perforined their duties. 


Rep. J. N. Washington offered the following resolution, 
which on motion, was referred to a select committee of five. 


Resolved, That P. G.S., Wm. D. Cooke be authorized to publish a uniform edition 
of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at his own expense ; and that a committee 
of three be appointed to supervise said publication, and make report of their proceed - 
ings to the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved, That tae said Committee be authorized to subscribe for one hundred and 
fifty copies of said Proceedings at a cost not exceeding dollars per copy. 


The Grand Master appointed as the Committee on the above, 
Reps. John N. Washington, T. M. Oliver, W. L. Smith, H. 
G. Trader and J. Wilcox. 


The Select Committee on the Grand Master’s Communica- 
tion submitted the following report, which, on motion of Rep. 
P. Busbee, was laid on the table. 





The Special Committee to whom was referred that portion of the Grand 
Master’s Report, granting permission to —+— Lodge, No. — Danville, 
Va., to initiate as many citizens of Milton, N. C., as may be necessary to 
institute a Lodge, and also to Magnolia Lodge, No. 21, Marion Court 
House, S. C., to initiate a citizen of Anson County in this State ; 

_ ecommend, That the Grand Lodge approve the action of the Grand Master. 
W. L. SMITH, 
THOS. J. HOLLAND, 
JAMES DELK. 
~ The Select Committee appointed to take into consideration 
so much of the Grand Master’s Report as relates to the pay- 
ment of the expenses of the Representatives to this Grand 
Lodge, submitted the following report, which on motion, was 
ordered to lie on the table. 

‘That on examination of the Journal of Proceedings of last session, it 
appears a Committee was appointed to report upon the practicability of this 
measure at the present session. . 

*Your Committee therefore beg to be discharged from the further con- 
sideration of this subject. 

Respectfully submitted, ; 
T. H. HARDENBERGH, 
W. R. MUSGRAVE, 
JAMES DELK. 

On motion, the Grand Lodge adjourned to meet at 11 
o'clock, to-morrow. | 


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1850, | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Fi 


Tuurspay, May 9th—11 o'clock. 

Tne Grand Lodge met—the officers all present—and a 
quorum of the Representatives from the Subordinate Lodges, 
and was duly opened. 2 

Prayer by the Grand Chaplain. 

The Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

The Committee on the State of the Order submitted the fol- 
lowing report, which was concurred in. 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

The Committee on the State of the Order to whom was referred portions 
of the report of the M. W. Grand Master relating to the following sub- 
jects, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, 
and recommend the following, viz: 

Resolved ist, That the action of the Grand Master in granting a dispensation to 
Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22, to change the time of its regular meetings from Friday to 
Saturday ; to North State Lodge, No. 26, to change the time of meeting from Friday 


to Tuesday, and Mountain Lodge, No. 19, to change the time of meeting from Friday 
to Wednesday, be ratified by this Grand Lodge. 


Resolved 2d, That this Grand Lodge do approve and ratiiy the acts of the Grand 
Master granting permission to Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4, 
Manteo Lodge, No. 8, Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21, ‘Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22, Tryon 
Lodge, No. 23, and Esperanza Lodge, No. 28, to have public addresses, dedicatory 
ceremonies and public processions in regalia. 

Resolved 3, That the refusal of the Grand Master to grant a dispensation to reopen 
Weldon Lodge, No. 1, be approved by this Grand Lodge for the reason assigned by 
the Grand Master. 


All of which is respectfully submitted, 
JOHN N. WASHINGTON, 


R. B. HAYWOOD, 
W. L. SMITH. 


The Grand Treasurer pro tem, 1 tL Hardenbergh, sub- 
mitted the following report of the Grand Treasurer, which 
was referred to the Committee on Finance. 

The Grand Secretary Wm. D. Cooke offered his report, 
which was referred to the same Committee. 


The Committee on the State of the Order, submitted the 
following report: 

The Committee on the State of the Order to whom was referred the pro- 
priety of changing the semi-annnal password to a quarterly password, have 


had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report, that there 1s in 


their opinion no goodand sufficient reason for such a change. 
R. B. HAYWOOD, 


W.. ie SMITH 


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Rep. J. N. Washington from the same Committee, sub- 
mitted the following as a minority report : | 

Nve Committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred the reso- 
lution of Rep. 'T’. H. Hardenbergh, enquiring into the expediency of chang- 
ing the P. W. of Subordinate Lodges quarterly, have given the subject their 
eareful consideration, and the chairman of said Committee believing that 
among the benefits the Order woald derive from the change, considerable 
additional security against improper visits from suspended or expelled 
members would be insured to Lodges, begs leave to recommend the adop- 
tion of the following resolution. 


Resolved, That from and after the first day of July next the P. W. for Subordinate 


Lodges in this jurisdiction be changed quarterly. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, JOHN N. WASHINGTON. 


On motion, the report of the majority of the Committee 
was concurred in. | 

The Grand Secretary, Wm. D. Cooke, reported to the 
Lodge that he had received the Books, Charter, and Effects 
of Henderson Lodge, No. 15, which had been delivered to 
him by P. G., Wm. B. Wolff. Said Lodge having ceased 
to work. 

The above subject was referred to the Committee on the 
State of the Order. 

The Committee on Credentials, submitted the following 
report, which was concurred in. 

The Committee on Credentials have before them the certificate of Manteo 
Lodge, No. 8, appointing Past Grand Thomas M. Oliver as her Representa- 
tive, and the certificate of Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21, appointing Past 
Grand J. B. Newby as their Representative by proxy. ~~ . 

They have also a certificate from Yadkin Lodge, No. 30, appointing Past 
Grand John Sloan of Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21, as their Representative 
by proxy; a letter also from Past Grand Sloan, stating his inability to attend 


upon the deliberations of this Body, and requesting Past Grand Wm. D. 


Cooke to represent Yadkin Lodge, No. 30. 
W. H. McKER, 


O. W. TELFAIR, 
A. PAUL REPITON. 


On motion of Rep. John N. Washington, Past Grand W. 
Dallas Haywood of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, was admitted, and 
the Grand Lodge Degree conferred upon him. 

The Committee on Credentials submitted the following 
report. mn 


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The Committee on Credentials have examined the certificate of Past 
Grand Isaac Proctor of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, certifying that he is a Past 
Grand in good standing, and entitled to the Past Official Degrees, and 
recommend that he be admitited and the degrees conferred. 

W. H. McKEE, 
O. W. TELFAIR, 
A. PAUL REPITON. 


Past Grand |. Proctor was accordingly admitted and the 
degrees conferred upon him. 


Rep. O. W. Telfair presented the following communication 
from. Oriental Lodge, No. 24, which was referred to the Com- 
mittee on Petitions. 


OrtextaL Lonce, No. 24, 
Coterain, N. C., May 2d, 1850. 


To the R. W. Grand Lodge I. O. O. F., of North Carolina: 

The Officers and Brethren of this Lodge respectfully solicit permission 
from your Right Worthy Body to celebrate our anniversary on the 20th 
instant, in Regalia, and to have an address delivered on the principles of 
the Order, believing it will be for the good of the Order, and your peti- 
tioners will ever pray, We. 

T. BROWN, Secretary. 

Upon which application the Committee on Petitions subse- 
quently submitted the following report, which was concur- 
red in. 

The Committee on Petitions to whom was referred the petition of Orien- 
tal Lodge, No. 24, asking permission to celebrate their anniversary on the 
24th instant, in regalia and to have an address delivered on the principles 
of the Order, beg leave to recommend that the request of the Peminoners 
be granted 

O. W. TELFAIR, 
THOS. M. GARDNER, 
C. J. NELSON. 


The Committee on Correspondence submitted the follow- 
ing report, which was read and concurred in. 


To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on Correspondence to whom was referred the Official 
letters and communications accompanying the Grand Master’s report, have 
examined the same and beg leave to report that they find the Correspon- 
dence of the Grand Master’s department entirely correct and satisfactory ; 
and whilst they discover in it no subject matters requiring the present 
action or advice of this Grand Lodge, they recommend that the same be in 


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all respecis approved, and the, Committee be discharged from the further 
consideration of the same. 
Respectfully submitted, P. BUSBER, 
J. .B. WEBB, 
ED. YARBOROUGH. 
The Select Committee on the Widow's and Orphan’s Fund 
submitted the following report, which on motion, was ordered 
to lie on the table 7 

The Select Committee to whom was referred so much of the Grand 
Master’s report as relates to the propriety of this Grand Lodge setting 
aside a Widow’s and Orphan’s Fund have had the matter under considera- 
tion, and ask leave to report: 

This Grand Lodge is pledged to provide for the education of Orphan 
children of members of this Order whose circumstances shall require such 
aid as the Lodge to which their fathers belonged shall be unable to extend; 
and whenever a Lodge shall surrender its charter it is made the duty of the 
Grand Secretary to obtain a list of Widows and Orphans of deceased 
members of said Lodge for this Grand Lodge. 'The Committee find there 
is no provision made for the maintainance of said Widows and Orphans, 
and fully impressed with the importance ofa timely provision, ask leaye to 
offer the following resolution : 


Resolved, 'That the Grand Secretary be instructed to set aside ten per cent. on all 
monies received into the Treasury, to be known and used by this Grand Lodge as the 


Widow’s and Orphan’s Fund. 
R. B. HAYWOOD, 


T. M. GARDNER, 
HG? TRADER. 

Rep. R. B. Haywood from the Select Committee on paying 
the expenses of Representatives submitted the following report. 


The Select Committee appointed at the last Annual Communication to 
consider the propriety, and enquire into the practicability of. this Grand 
Lodge defraying the expenses of its Representatives, have given the sub- 
ject a careful consideration and beg leave to report that with regard to the 
propriety of such a course the Committee are undivided. The chief object 
of this, Grand Lodge is to insure a full representation, and this can be 
accomplished only, in the opinion of the Committee by distributing the 
expense amongst the several Lodges in this jurisdiction, and thereby obvia- 
ting the onerous tax now complained of by Lodges unrepresented, or rep- 
resented by proxy in this body. 

With regard to the practicability of sucha course, the Committee are of 
opinion it can be accomplished by raising the annual per centage and levy- 
ing a Representative or per capita tax on each Lodge in the State. _ 


The Committee think that their powers extend no further than to report 
on the practicability and propriety of this measure. 


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They think it practicable therefore, und eminently right and proper that 
each Odd Fellow in the State should bear his proportionate part, and not 
throw it on a few who now bear almost the entire burden. 

Respectfully submitted, 
R. B. HAYWOOD, 
T. M. OLIVER, 
J. H. MANLY, 


Rep. P. Busbee moved to recommit the subject to the same 
Committee, with instructions to submit a resolution or 
resolutions in accordance with the views of said Committee 
as expressed in their report; Pending which motion, the 
Grand Lodge adjourned to meet at 3 o’clock. 


? 


May 9th— o'clock, P. M. 

The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment. 
The unfinished business of the morning being the motion 
‘of Rep. P. Busbee to recommit to the Select Committee the 
subject of paying the expenses of Representatives—the mo- 
tion was unanimously carried. 

Rep. Julius Wilcox offered the following resolution which 
was adopted : 


Resolved, That the R. W. Grand Secretary and R. W. Grand Treasurer be required 
to make an official report at the commencement of each Annual Communication of 
this Grand Lodge. 


. Past Grand Samuel G. Smith, of Cross Creek Lodge, No. 
4, appeared and was admitted to a seat in the Grand Lodge. 


Rep. John N. Washington moved to take up the report of 
the Select Committee on the Grand Master’s report relating 
to initiating persons in other States, which was concurred in, 
and the report of the Committee adopted. 


Rep. J. N. Washington proposed the following amendment 
to the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, which according to 
the 20th. Article of the Constitution 1s required to le over 
until the next Annual Communication, viz: 


Resolved, That Sections 2d, 3d and 4th of Article 13th ae 
the Constitution of this Grand Lodge he stricken out. 


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Resolved, That hereafter no Subordinate Lodge within this 
jurisdiction, shall be represented in this Grand Lodge by 
proxy. . 

The Committee on Petitions submitted the following report 
which was concurred in. 


To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on Petitions to whom was referred so much of the Grand 
Master’s report as relates to Samaritan Lodge No. — at Chapel Hill, 
Orange County and Lodge, No. — at Snow Hill, Greene County, beg 
leave to recommend that Charters be granted those l.odges as soon as 
they are instituted. 





Respectfully submitted, 
mo 0. W. TELFAIR, 
THOS. M. GARDNER, 
C. J. NELSON. 


To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on Petitions to whom was referred so much of the Grand 
Master’s report as relates to the petition for the Institution of a Lodge 
at Smithfield, Johnston County beg leave to recommend that the action of 
the Grand Master be approved. , 


Respectfully submitted, | 
O. W. TELFAIR, 
T. M. GARDNER, 
C. J. NELSON. 


On motion, the above Report was concurred in. 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on Petitions to whom was referred that portion of the 
Grand Master’s Report relating to the working under Dispensations, and 
recommending that Charters be granted the following Lodges, viz: 

Piedmont Lodge, No. 25. 

North State “ $e ea 

Columbus ‘“ ames” 

Eeperanza recites 

Falling Creek “ oA hates 

Yadkin Mi eo OU 
beg leave to offer the following resolution: ' 


oo wW 


Resolued, That Charters be granted the above named Lodges. 
Respectfully submitted, A 
QO. W. TELFAIR, 
T. M. GARDNER, 
C. J. NELSON. 


830. | GRAND LODGL OF NORTH CAROLINA, 33 


The report was received and the resolution adopted. 
wg Rev. A. P. Repiton presented the following Query, viz: 


QUERY 


Should an Odd Fellow in possession of a evinieiae Card and a letter from 
the Noble Grand of his Lodge, requesting the T. P. W. to be given him, 
present the same to a Lodge ia the place where he resides desiring said T. P. 
W., what course should that Lodge pursue, believing said person to be 
unworthy the appellation of Odd Fellow, much less of visiting a Lodge. 


The above Query was referred to a Committee consisting 


er .« Reps. W. H. McKee, 8S. G. Smith, and J. B. Webb. 


On motion, the Grand Lodge resolved to go into the nom- 
jnation and election of Ofiver s, this evening at 8 o'clock. 


The Special Committee on the Query of Rep. A. P. Repiton 
submitted the following report, which was concurred in, viz: 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

The Special Committee to whom was referred the following Query 
propounded by Rep. A. P. Repiton, “ Should an Odd Fellow in possession 
of a Visiting Card, and a letter from the N. G. of his Lodge, requesting 
the travelling Pass Word to be given him, present the same to a Lodge in 
the place where he resides, desiring said Pass Word: what course should 
that Lodge pursue, believing said person to be unworthy the appellation of 
an Odd Fellow, much less of visiting a Lodge.” 

The Grand Lodge of the United States provided that in case of a member 
of the Order who has a Visiting or Withdrawal Card, and without the 
A. T. P. W., that the N. G. of the Lodge of which he is a member, ean 
authorize the N. G. of the Lodge which the brother is visiting to commu- 
nicate the said word to the brother; but ifthe Noble Grand of the Lodge 
which the brother is visiting, finds the applicant guilty of conduet which is 
unbecoming an Odd Fellow, he has not only the right to withhold the 
P. W., but it is his duty to inform the N. G. of the Lodge of which the 
visiting brother is a member of such conduct. 

| Respectfully submitted, 
W. H. McKEE, 
S. G. SMITH, 
J. B. WEBB. 


On motion of Rep. Julius Wilcox, it was 


Resolved, That we receive instruction in the unwritten work of the Order immedi- 
ately after the election of Officers to-night. 


a he Grand Master presented the following account of the 
L. U.S. against the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, viz: 


-t JOURNAL OF. PROGMGDINGS OF THE [ 1800. 


Baury MORE, APRIL 2d, 1850. 
R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina, 


To R. Ww. Grand Lodge U . S. Dr. 





1849, September 20th, a balance, $91 12 1-3 
~ October 3d, ‘ 400 Cards, a 20 00 
v4 ome “od FOvOues, ry 3 00 
if Se) ORD. “ 2 Charge and 2 Degree Books, 4 00 
sh a “ 1 Institution Book, 50 
as ‘gs “ 95 Odes 50 
December 13th, “ 12 Charge and 12 Degree Books, 24 00 
; * . “ 6 Institution Books, 3 00 
1850. February Ist, “« Assessment Tax, 63 87 1-2 
a March 9th, ~ * 400 Cards 20 00 
+ fs -« Representative Tax for 1850, 40 00 
%270 00 
1850. January 18th, By Cash, 32 00 
$238 00 


On motion of Rep. J. N. Washington, the above account 
was referred to the Committee of Finance. 


‘ Rep. W. L. Smith of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, extended 
an invitation to the members of the Grand Lodge to join the 
members of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, in celebrating their 
approaching anniversary. 





Grand Lodge adjourned to meet at 8 o’clock, P. M. 


Tuurspay, 8 o ctockx, P. M. 
The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment. 
Rep. David Parish offered the following resolution, which 
on motion, was ordered to lie on the table: 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to procure two suits of Regalia, 
to be used by the Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, 
while attending the G. L. U.S. 


The hour having arrived for the nomination and election 
of officers, the following nominations were made: 


For M. W. Grand Master, 


G. War. J. Wilcox nominated P. G. T. H. Hardenbergh, 
Poot, W. R. Musgrave ° a Jno. N. Washington, 
" P.-Busbees, * | % G. War. Julius Wilcox, 


G. See. W. D. Cooke 3 PoiGr; Perrin Busbee, 


my 
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1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 281 


For R. W. Deputy Grand Master, 


P. G. M., W. H. McKee nominated G. Con., O. W. Telfair, 
P.G, W.1L. Smith ef G. War., Julius Wilcox, 
G. War., Julius Wilcox 7 PG, -. WAu. Suaith, 

P. G,, ‘W.R. Musgrave “ = Thos. J. Holland, 
G. Rep. J. H. Manly a Rev. James Delk. 


For R. W. Grand Secretary. 
G. War., Julius Wilcox nominated G. Sec. Wm. D. Cooke. 
For R. W. Grand Treasurer. 


Pi Gi; George Lauder nominated P. G. M., W. H. McKee, 
G. War., J. Wilcox aie PAG. R. B. Haywood, 
P. (Gg eV: J.. Holland. if 2 George Lauder. 


For R. W. Grand Warden. 


P. G. M, W.H. McKee nominated P. G., T. J. Holland, 
a em R. B. Haywood “ i DeWitt C. Stone, 

“ W.R. Musgrave “ % James B. Webb. 

| For R. W. Grand Chaplain. 

P.G., Perrin Busbee nominated P. G., — Rev. James Delk, 
G. War., J. Wilcox o G. Chap. Rev. A. P. Repiton. | 

Grand Rep. John H. Manly tendered the resignation of Gr. 
Rep. Talcott Burr, Jr., as it will be out of his power to attend 
the adjourned session of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States at Cincinnati. 

The resignation was accepted, and nominations called for 
Grand Representative to fill the vacancy occasioned by the 
same. 


Gr. Rep., John H. Manly nominated P. G., John N. Washington, 
P. G., T. M. Oliver sé “« J.C. B. Ehringhaus, 
6 W. L. Smith és “  'T. H. Hardenbergh. 


For Grand Representative to G. L. U. S., for two years. 


Pp. G., T. H. Hardenbergh nominated P. G., John N. Washington, 
« W. L. Smith e uy T’. H. Hardenbergh. 
The following officers were then elected for the ensuing 
year, Viz: 
Most Worthy Grand Master, 
PERRIN BUSBEE, of Manteo Lodge, No. 8 
Right Worthy Deputy Grand Master, 
JULIUS WILCOX, of Muchena Lodge, No. 20. 
19 


282 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1850. 


Right Worthy Grand Secretary, ~ 
WILLIAM D. COOKE, of Manteo Lodge, No. 8. 
Right Worthy kend Vheasttrer, 393 
Dr. RICHARD B. HAYWOOD, of Manteo sop No. 8. 
Right Worthy Grand Warden, 
DEWITT C. STONE, of Franklin Lodge, No. 13. 
Right Worthy Grand Chaplain, = 
Rev. JAMES DELK, of Oriental Lodge, No. 24. 
Right Worthy Grand Representative to G. L. U. S. for 
unexpired term of Gr. Rep. T. Burr resigned, 
JOHN N. WASHINGTON, of Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 
Right Worthy Grand Rep. to G. L. U. 8. for Two Years, 
JOHN N. WASHINGTON, of Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 
The election of Officers being closed, the Grand Lodge 
spent some time in receiving instruction in the unwritten 
work of the Order from R. W ‘Giand Represent like Jno. H, 
Manly. 
The Grand Lodge adjourned to meet at 11 o'clock to- 
morrow. rinsing 


Ane 


Fripay May 10th—11 o’clock A. M. 


The Grand Lodge met according to adjournment. 

On coming to order, on motion of P. G. M., W. H. McKee 
the reading of the minutes of yesterday was postponed until 
after the Officers were installed. The following Officers elect 
were then regularly Installed into their respective offices, viz: 
. W. G. Master. 

W. D. G. Master. 
W. G. Secretary. 
W. G. Treasurer. 


Perrin Busses, 
Juuivus Witcox, 
Wiutram D. Cooxg, 
R. B. Haywoop, 
DeWirt C. Sronz, W. G@ Warden. 
Rev. Jawzs Dexx, . W. G. Chaplain. 

~ The M. W. G, Master made the following appointments : 

- Georcse Lauper, Grand Guardian. — 

Tuos. M. Garpner, Grand Conductor. ~ 


Nw aS 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 283 


DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 
) Wilmington District, 
JAMES T. MILLER, of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 
Fayetteville District, 
JOHN WINSLOW, © of Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4. 
Mecklenburg District, 
WILLIAM LANDER, of Mountain Lodge, No. 19. 
Newbern District, 
O. W. TELFAIR, of Phalanx Lodge, No. To. 
| Roanoke District, 
G. J. MUSGRAVE, of Achoree Lodge, No. 14. 
The following Past Grands were appointed 
INSTALLING OFFICERS. 
Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, W. L. SMITH. 


Washington “ Kandy. GaGa RARER, 

Cross Creek “ CA, JA, a beg eRe 
Thaddeus og EO aed WOM SLO VE pyc AR 

Neuse % ‘c” 6,.. W.. R. MUSGRAVE, 
Eureka * iad, ) Awl DLA) UN Le 

Manteo = rr Soc. Det Ba PESCU by 

Meck. Dec.“ ¢ 9, JOSHUA, TROTTER. 
Phalanx “ “¢ 10, T. H. HARDENBERGH. 
Concordia pe ¢ 11, J. W. MORGAN. 

Trent gS Oe Oo de ts ULL ARLEN be 


Franklin & C13, Fee dk. O. LEA WW EEN CE, 
Achoree Md eeeTae WW. F. CAL LON, 
Winchester “ “ 16, E. H. STEVENS. 
Covenant + “ 17, ZENO H. GREEN. 
Smyrna i “ 18, BRYAN HELLEN. 
Mountain fe “ 19, JASPER STOWE. 
Muchuena “ “ 20, DAVID PARRISH. 


Buena Vista “ 21. SOL, HOPKINS. 
Tuscarora “ ero eS Be Wie: 

Tryon % eOGI eS, WeoMs SLEeE Es 
Oriental i “« 94, JOS. F. ETHRIDGE. 
[Reidmont “  —“ .95, J. A. DIXON.) 


North State “ « 96, J. A. WIERMAN. 
« 97 HAYNES LENNON. 


Columbus 
‘és “ 98, J. G. WILLIAMS. 


- Esperanza 


284 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1850. 


Falling Creek Lodge, No. 29, W. L. STEELE. 
Yadkin st “30, H. J. McELROY. 


The Standing Committees being called on for reports, the 
Committee on Credentials submitted the following report, viz: 


The Committee on Credentials have examined a communication 
from the Secretary of Achoree Lodge, No. 14, appointing P. G M,, 
W. H. McKee as their Representative by proxy, and in case of his 
absence P. G., Isaac Proctor as Alternate, and recommend that P. 
G. M., W. H. McKee be recognised as representative by proxy of 
Achoree Lodge, No. 14. 

W. H. McKEE, 
O. W. TELFAIR, 
A, P. REPITON. 


The Committee on the State of the Order submitted the fol- 
lowing report, which was concurred in. | 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on the State of the Order to whom was referred 
the surrender of the Charter, Books, Papers, Furniture, &c., of Hen- 
derson Lodge, No. 15, have had the same under consideration, and 
beg leave to recommend that the surrender be received, and certificates 
granted to such members of said Lodge as produce to the Grand 
Secretary, satisfactory testimonials of compliance with the requisitions 
of Article 36th of the General Laws, for the Government of Subor- 
dinate Lodges. , 

Respectfully submitted, 
JOHN N. WASHINGTON, 
R. B. HAYWOOD, 
W. L. SMITH, 


The Committee on Finance submitted the following report, 
which was adopted : 


To the Rh. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee of Finance respectfully offer the following report 
upon the Grand Master’s Financial Report, viz: 
Amount received by the Grand Master for Charters for 


Lodges, . $180 00 
Received dues from Cross Creek Lodge, 20 74 


$200 74 


1850. } GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


Amount expended for Travelling expenses $85 00° 
“paid G. L. U.S. for Books, 32 00 
. ‘“ Postage, 5 10 





Balance in hands of Grand Master, 
Grand Secretary's Report. 


Amount rec’d for dues, &e., from Lodges 
By Cash paid for printing 750 Proceedings, $125 00 


+ . a46 “Blanks: 36 00 
a - Salary of Gr. Secretary, 100 00 
‘ Contingent expenses, 23 10 
- , Grand Treasurer, 112) 57 





Cash in hand, 


Grand Treasurer's Report. 


Balance from last year, $284 72 
Dues from Cape Fear Lodge, 50 71 
Cash rec’d from Grand Secretary, T1257 


By Cash paid orders of Grand Master per vouchers, 


Notes in hands of Grand Treasurer. 


Note on Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, $300 00 
ion Ge Nase 2 Be Ge 300 00 
“ 6 Bureka 6 ee 257 79 
“ “ Grand Encampment of N. C., 75 00 

Recapitulation. 


Balance in hands of Grand Master, 

# “« * Grand Secretary, 
Amount in Notes, 

“« due from Lodges, 


Total amount of available funds, May 8, 1850. 


285 


$122 


70 


S78 04 


$470 


$396 


a 


$74 


$448 
448 


$932 


$78 
74 
932 
38 


94 


67 





a 


00 
00 


79 


04 
27 
79 
05 


$1123 


15 


The Committee would recommend that the Officers of this Grand 
Lodge for the future adhere more closely to the requirements of our 
law on financial matters, the substance of which is that the Treasurer 
is the proper disbursing officer of this Lodge, and that all monies paid 
by the Grand Master shall be by draft on the Treasurer and all monies 
collected by the Secretary shall be paid over to the Treasurer. The 


286 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE (1850. 


Committee also suggest that the Grand Treasurer should keep a regu- 
lar set of Books; this never has been done in this Grand Lodge. 


All of which is respectfully submitted. 


W. L. SMITH, 
W. H. McKEE, 
DeWITT C. STONE. 


The Committee on Constitutions and By-Laws of Subor- 
dinate Lodges submitted the following report, which was con- 
curred in, viz: 

The Committee on Constitutions and By-Laws of Subordinate Lodges, 
have examined the Constitutions and By-Laws of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2; 
Manteo Lodge, No. 8; Concordia Lodge, No. 11; Muchuena Lodge, No. 20 ; 
Oriental Lodge, No. 24; North State Lodge, No. 26; Columbus Lodge, 
No. 27; Esperanza Lodge, No. 28; Falling Creek Lodge, 29, and Yadkin 
Lodge, No. 30. 

The General Laws of Concordia Lodge, No. 11, at Beaufort are not in 
accordance with the General Laws of this Grand Lodge as revised at its 
last session—with this exception they have been able to detect nothing re- 
quiring the interference of this Grand Lodge. 

The Committee therefore recommend that the Grand Secretary be in- 
structed to bring to the notice of Concordia Lodge, this discrepancy, and 
require them to make their General Laws conform to the General Laws of 
this Grand Lodge as revised at its last session. 

R. B. HAYWOOD, 
T. M. GARDNER. 

Rep George Lauder proposed the following Query, which 
was referred to the Committee on the State of the Order, viz: 

“Can a Subordinate Lodge be opened at the time of its regular meeting, 
in the absence of all its Past Grands, Noble Grand, and Vice Grand? 


If a Lodge can be thus opened, by what officer? And can a Past Grand 
of a sister Lodge under the same jurisdiction, open a Lodge by virtue of 
his rank in the Order, in the absence of the above named officers ? 


The Grand Secretary, Wm. D. Cooke, presented the By- 
Laws of Smyrna Lodge, No. 18, which had been received by 
this day’s mail; also the certificate of Past Grand Dr. M. F. 
Arendel as Representative by proxy of said Lodge, together 
with a letter from the N. G. of Smyrna Lodge requesting that 
the name of some P.G. be substituted for that of P. G., M. 
IF. Arendel, he not being able to attend. 


The By-Laws were referred to the Committee on Consti- 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 287 


tutions and By-Laws of Suberdinate Lodges, and the certifi- 
cate and letter to the Committee on Credentials. 

The Committee of Finance submitted the following Report 
and Reselutions, which were read and adopted : 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee of Finance to whom was referred the account of the 
Grand Ledge of the United States against this Grand Lodge have examined 
the same and submit the following report: 

There is due to the Grand Lodge of the United States, a balance of 
$238 00. In this amount there is included the assessment tax ( per capita) 
$63 87 1-2, and the Representative tax of $40 for the present year, and 
the Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution, viz: 

Resolved, That the Grand Treasurer be instructed to pay the above bill of $328 00. 


Resolved, That Grand Secretary be instructed to keep a regular account with the 
Grand Lodge of the United States, so as to prevent further confusion in the accounts 
of this Grand Lodge with that Body. 

Respectiully submitted, 
W. lL. SMITH, 
W. H. McKEE, 
DeWITT C. STONE. 


Rep. R. B. Haywood from the Select Committee on the 
subject of paying the expenses of Representatives to this 
Grand Lodge to whom said subject was recommitted, offered 
the following resolutions, viz : 


Resolved ist, That the expenses of the Representatives to the Grand Lodge ef 
North Carelina from her Subordinate jurisdictions, be paid by this Grand Body. 


Resolved 2d, That in orderto raise funds sufficient to comply with the provision 
of the above resolution, a tax be levied upon each Subordinate Lodge, in the ratio of 
12 1-2 cents quarterly, upon each contributing member. 


Resolved 3rd, That these resolutions lie ever until the next stated meeting of this 
Grand Lodge, and then be acted upon, and that a committee of three be appointed to 
prepare a circular to be sent to the Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction, asking their 
concurrence in the above resolutions, 


On motion of Rep. John N. Washington the Grand Lodge 
went into Committee of the whole on the above resolutions, 
Rep. 8. G. Smith in the chair. 

After some discussion the Committee rose and reported to 
the Grand Ledge the following resolutions, as a substitute tor 
the resolutions of Rep. R. B. Haywood, which were adopted, 
Viz: : 
Strike out all after the word “ resolved,” and insert the*fol- 
lowing : 


288 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1850. 


That the nessary expenses of the Reprentatives in this Grand Lodge be hereafter 
paid by the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved 2d, That in order to raise a fund to carry into effect the foregoing resolu - 
tion, the dues from Subordinate Lodges to this Grand Body be raised to ten per centum 
on their revenue, for the fiscal year, 1850. 


The Grand Lodge adjourned to meet at 3 o’clock, P. M. 


Fripay, May 10th— o’clock, P. M. 

The Grand Lodge met pursuant to adjournment. 

Rep. W. R. Musgrave from the Committee on Subordinate 
Lodges not represented, submitted the following report, which 
was read and adopted : 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee to whom was referred the duty to report on Lodges not 
represented in this Grand Lodge, have had the same under consideration 
and beg leave to report that the following Lodges are not represented, viz : 


Concordia Lodge, No. 11. Trent Lodge, No. 12. 
Achoree - ve 14, Winchester “ sate + 
Covenant es ves att WW ic Smyrna ‘ 4 Wr 
Tryon ee Sas Piedmont “ sabe a 
Columbus“ By corte 
The following Lodges are represented by proxy, viz: 

Meck. Dec. Lodge, No. 9. Mountain Lodge No. 19. 
Buena Vista “ oy east North State “ S pms 
hsperanza % ct ae Falling Creek “ 29. 
Yadkin os sot ioe 


Respectfully submitted, 
W. R. MUSGRAVE, 
T. J. HOLLAND, 
A. PAUL REPITON. 


Rep. T. M. Gardner from the Committee on the By-Laws 
and Constitutions of Subordinate Lodges, submitted the fol- 
lowing report, which was concurred in: 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 
The Committee on By-Laws and Constitutions of Subordinate Lodges, 


to whom was referred the By-Laws of Smyrna Lodge, No. 18, have exam- 
ined the same and beg leave to offer the following resolution: 


Resolved, That the Constitution and By-Laws of Smyma Lodge, No. 18, be ap- 
proved. 
THOMAS M. GARDNER, 
R. B. HAYWOOD. . 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 289 


Rep. John N. Washington from the Special Committee on 
the subject of Publishing a uniform edition of the Proceed- 
ings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina from the Institu- 
tion of the Grand Lodge to the present time, submitted the 
following report 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Special Committee to whom was referred the resolutions of Rep. J. 
N. Washington on the subject of Publishing the Proceedings of this Grand 
Lodge, have given the subject their careful attention, and beg leave to report 
the same back to this Grand Lodge with the following amendment; strike out 
all after the word “ copies ” in the second resolution, and insert the following : 
* Provided that the cost of printing and binding the same does not exceed 
one dollar and fifty cents per copy,” and recommend that thus amended they 
be adopted. 

Respectfully submitted, 
JOHN N. WASHINGTON, 
Tt. M. OLIVER, 
W. L. SMITH, 


H. G. TRADER, 
J. WILCOX. 


The amendment offered by the Committee was carried, 
and the amended resolutions as follows, were adopted, viz: 

Resolved, That Past Grand Wm. D. Cooke, be authoriz:d to publish a uniform 

edition of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge, at hisown expense ; and that a com- 


mittee of three be appointed to supervise said publication, and make report of their 
proceedings to the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved 2d, That said Committee be authorized to subscribe for One Hundred and 
Fifty copies: Provided, That the cost of Printing and Binding the same does not 
exceed one dollar and fifty cents per copy. 

The following were appointed a Committee in accordance 
with the Ist resolution above—Reps. P. Busbee, Wm. H. 
McKee and R. B. Haywood. 


Rep. T. H. Hardenbergh, from the Committee on Returns 
and Reports of Subordinate Lodges, submitted the following 
report, which was read, accepted, and the accompanying 
resolution adopted: | 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Returns and Reports of Subordinate Lodges, beg 
Jeave to report as follows: 


We find the erent ts from the following Lodges omnis in every par- 
ticular, viz: : 


290 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE — { 1850. 


Cape lear, No. 2, Washington, No. 8, 
Cross Creek, “. 4, Thaddeus, yee? 
Eureka, aa Phalanx, <<. WO, 
Coneordia, ake i! Covenant, pay p 
Smyrna, AS 18y Mountain, a hE 
Muchuena, cathe Buena Vista, “ 21, 
Oriental, eee Piedmont, “a DD, 


North State No. 25. 


The following are incorrect for the first term of 1849: 

Neuse Lodge, No. 6, is without a Seal. 

Manteo Lodge, No. 8, has no Seal, and the signature of the N. G. is 
omitted. 

Winchester Lodge, No. 16, Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22, and Tryon Lodge, 
No. 23, have no Seals attached to their Reports. 

The Report of Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22, is certified by the Officers elect, 
instead of the last Past Officers. 


From Henderson Lodge, No. 15, there is no Report. 


The Reports of the following Lodges are incorrect, for the second term 
of 1849, viz: 


Manteo, No. 8, Mecktenspure Deciaration, No. 9, Franxus, No. 13, 
WuxcuesTEr, No. 16, and Tryon, No. 23, have no Seal. 

In the Report of AcHorEr Lopcr No. 14, the signature of the V. G.is 
omitted. 


ones Trent Lopes No. 12, and HenprErson Lopes, No. 15, there are 
no Returns. 


Reports have also been received from the following Lodges, which were 
instituted tuo near the close of the year to complete a constitutional term, 
and they ought properly to make their Reports from the date of their 
Institution to the 30th of June, 1850, viz: 

* Cotumsus Loner, No. 27, Esperanza Lover, No. 28, Fattine Creek 
Lover, No. 29. 

The Committee have observed that very few of the Lodges report their 

total revenue, but exclude that portion which is not subject to assessment: 


Your Committee recommend that the Grand Secretary instruct the 
Lodges to report the whole revenue under the proper head, and the portion 
appropriated to the Widows and Orphans and Education in a separate 
column. The Reports will then present a true statement of the receipts of 
the Subordinates, which they do not at present exhibit—an idea appearing 
to prevail that it is only necessary to report such amount as is subject to 
the Grand Lodge tax. 


Your Committee would also recommend that the Lodges be required to 
assess the sum due the Grand Lodge upon the total amount of dues charged 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTID CAROLINA. 291 


at the close of each term, (after deducting such amount as may be exempt 
from taxation by law.) At present, many, perhaps a majority, pay the per 
cent. only upon cash actually received. Of course, if the Subordinates are 
remiss in the collection of their dues, the finances of the Grand Lodge 
must suffer in proportion to the extent of that remissness. 

The Committee recommend the adoption of the accompanying resolution : 

Resolved, That al! Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction are hereby required to 
make out their returns in accordance with the suggestions of the above Report. 


All of which is respectfully submitted, 
T. H. HARDENBERGH, 
W.R. MUSGRAVE, 
GEORGE LAUDER. 


Rep. W. R. Musgrave offered the following Resolution : 


Resolved, That the Committee of Finance examine the accounts between Neuse 
Lodge, No, 6, and this Grand Body, and report the condition of the same as soon as 
practicable. 


Rep. T. J. Holland, moved to add to the above the follow- 
ing, Viz: 


Resolved further, That the said Committee be instrueted to examine and report 
upon the condition of the accounts between Thaddeus Lodge, No. 5, and this Body. 


The above Resolutions were carried, and the accounts of 
Neuse Lodge, No. 6, and Thaddeus Lodge, No. 5, were refer- 
red to the Committee on Finance. 


Rep. J. B. Webb from the Committez on Correspondence 
submitted the following report, which was read, and the reso- 
lution adopted, viz: 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Correspondence to whom was referred the eommunica- 
tion of George Watterson, Secretary of the Washington National Monu- 
ment Association, asking periodical contributions to the erection of that 
work, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report the 
following resolution, in which they ask the concurrence of the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved, That we deem it unnecessary and impolitic at this time, to make any ap- 
propriation towards the erection of the Washington Monument, it being believed that 
the members ot this body as well also of Subordinate Lodges have contributed and 
will contribute individually to said object. 


Respectfully submitted, 
J. B. WEBB. 


Rep. John N. Washington from the Committee on the State 
of the Order, submitted the following report which was con- 
curred im: 

The Committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred the fol- 
lowing query proposed by Rep. George Lauder, viz: “ Can a Subordinate 


292 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1850. 


Lodge be opened at the time of its regular meeting, in the absence of all its 
Past Grands, Noble Grand and Vice Grand? 


Lf a Lodge can be thus opened; by what officer? and can a Past Grand 
of a Sister Lodge under the same jurisdiction, open a Lodge by virtue of his 
rank in the order, in the absence of the above named officers 2? have discharged 
their duty, and beg leave to report, that the greater part of said query has 
been answered by the Grand Lodge of the United States at their late An- 
nual Communication as may be seen by reference to the Printed Journal of 
their Proceedings, page 328. And, although this decision is binding upon 
us as eminating from the highest source of Legislation in this order; yet 
your Committee cannot but believe that the decision was given hastily ; and 
if practically carried into effect by the State Grand Lodges will work great 
injury to the uniform practice which has hitherto obtained throughout the 
entire Order. Your Committee, therefore, deem it inexpedient to give any 
answer to said query, other than to say that it is clearly incompetent fora 
Past Grand of a Sister Lodge to opena Lodge of which he is not a member. 

Respectfully submitted, 
J. N. WASHINGTON, 
R. B. HAYWOOD, 
WL Sati, 

The Committee on Credentials submitted the following 
report, which was concurred in: 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

The Committee on Credentials have examined a Certificate from Smyrna 
Lodge, No. 18, appointing Past Grand M. I. Arendel as her Representative 
(by proxy) and a letter from the Noble Grand, M. J. Davis, requesting 
that the Grand Secretary would substitute some Past Grand’s name as 
their Representative, P. G., Arendel not being able to attend. 

The Committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following 
resolution, viz: 


Resolved, That Past Grand J. M. Gardner be authorized to represent Smyrna 
Lodge, No. 18, (by proxy) in this Body. 


Respectfully submitted, 


W. H. McKEE, 
A. PAUL REPITON. 


On motion of D. G. M., Julius Wilcox, the Resolution 
offered by Rep. D. Parrish, was taken up and adopted, as 
follows, viz: 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to procure two suits of Regalia, 
to be used by the Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, while 
attending the G. L. U.S. 


Pp. G. M., J. B. Newby presented an account due the Fay- 
etteville Observer for printing, which was referred to the 


1850. GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 293 


Committee of Finance, who subsequently reported that the 
account was correct, and recommended that it be paid, which 
was concurred in. 


The Commitiee of Finance submitted the following report, 
which was concurred in, viz: 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 

The Committee of Finance submit the following Report on the resolution 
offered by Rep. Musgrave, that the accounts of Neuse Lodge, No. 6, with 
the Grand Lodge be committed to the Committe of Finance, also an 


amendment offered by Rep. Holland, that the accounts of Thaddeus Lodge, 
No. 5, be referred to the same Committee. 


They have examined the accounts and reports of Neuse Lodge, No. 6, 
and Thaddeus Lodge, No. 5, to the Grand Lodge in 1848, and find them 
correct, corresponding with the Grand Lodge’s account. 

Respectfully submitted, 
Wo de SMITH: 
W. H. McKEE, 
DEWITT C. STONE. 

Grand Representative, John H. Manly offered the following 
Resolution, which under the rule, lies on the table until the 
next annual Communication, viz: 


Resolved, That the sixteenth Article of the Constitution be amended by striking 
out section first and inserting the following, viz: 


The Grand Officers shall be elected at each annual communi- 
cation, on the third day, and they shall be installed immediate- 
ly after the organization of the Grand Lodge at its succeeding 
communication, as the first business in order, the first day. 

On motion the Grand Lodge adjourned to 8 o’clock to- 
morrow. 


Saturpay May 11th 1850,—8 o’clock, A. M. 

The grand Lodge met according to adjournment. 

The minutes of yesterday were read and approved. M. 
W. Grand Master asked to be relieved from the Committee 
on the State of the Order, which was agreed to and Reps. 
W. H. McKee appointed in his place. 


Rep. D. Parish offered the following resolution which was 
unanimously adopted, viz: 


294 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1850. 


Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are due and are hereby tendered to 
Past Grand Master J. B. Newby for the able, impartial, and dignified manner in which 
he has presided over the deliberations of this body and discharged the duties incident to 
the office of Grand Master of the State 


Rep. W. H. McKee offered the following resolution which 
was adopted, viz: 


Resolved, Thatit is the duty of this Grand Ledge to furnish each of its Subordi_ 
nates witha Question Book, and that the Grand Secretary be instructed to procure 
the same and present a copy to each Lodge, and that at the opening of any new 
Lodge hereafter, that they be furnished with a copy with the books of the work of the 
Order, free of charge. 


Reps. W. H. McKee from the Committee on Correspond- 
ence submitted the following report, which was laid on the 
table, viz: 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina: 


The Committee on Correspondence to whom was referred sundry Com- 
munications from State Grand Lodges touching the amendment of the 
G. L. U. S., authorizing a per capita tax to be levied for the purpose of 
defraying the per diem and travelling expenses of the Representatives to 
the G. }..U.8., have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to 
report : 


That in the opinion of your Committee, the Resolution of the G. L. U.S. 
at their last Communication on the subject referred to, was impolitic and 
unwise, if not a violation of the fundamental laws of the Order. It is not 
the intention of your Committee to enter into an argument here to show 
that the operation of such a law must work injustice to thousands and tens 
of thousands of our brethren in the country. These brethren, many of 
them, have already uttered their complaints against the new change, and 
we cannot but think with reason. But more important in the opinion of 
your Committee, is the consideration that the recognition of the principle 
of taxation asserted by the G. L. U. S., may and perhaps will be here- 
after claimed by that body as a precedent for other and different assess- 
ments—for purposes we know not what, and to an extent we know not 
how far. 


As members of this jurisdiction, we are aware that under the said new 
law, our own expenses will be lessened, and in a pecuniary point of view, 
this body pro tanto may be benefited. But for the causes stated, and at 
whatever reasonable sacrifices, we should infinitely prefer going back to 
former practices and the former law. 


Your Committee would submit the following Resolution, in which they 
ask the concurrence of the Grand Lodge. : 


Rssolved, Vhat whilst we most respectfully submit to the action of the G. L. U.S. 
in levying a per capita tax upon the members of the Order, throughout its jurisdiction 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 295 


for the purpose of defraying the expense of its Representatives,—still we are con- 
strained to believe that the principle is impolitie and unjust, if not unwarranted by the 
Constitution of the Grand Lodge of the United States and the spirit of the Order. 


Respectfully submitted, 


W. H. McKEE, 
J. B. WEBB. 
Rep. W. H. McKee offered the following resolution, which 
was adopted, viz: 
Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to have five hundred copies of 


the Journal of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for, the present session published, 
and distribute them among the Subordinate Lodges as soon as practicable. 


On motion of Grand Rep. John H. Manly, the vote concur- 
ring in the report of the Committee on the State of the Order, 
on Rep. George Lauder’s query was reconsidered, when Gr. 
Rep. John H. Manly, submitted the following as a substi- 
tute, viz: 

Resolved, That the report be recommitted to the Committee with instructions to 


strike out that part of the report relating to the power of Past Grands to open Lodges 
other than those to which they belong, and to insert the following: 


“ That it is compentent for a Past Grand in this jurisdiction, to open and preside 
over a Lodge other than his own, in the absence of all the qualified officers of said 
Lodge ; but he shall not be entitled to vote on any question.” 


After considerable discussion the whole subject was laid 
on the table. 

Grand Rep. John H. Manly offered the following resolution, 
to wit: 


Resolved, That it is competent for a Past Grand in this jurisdiction to open and 
preside over a neighboring Lodge, in the absence of all the qualified officers of said 
Lodge ; but he shall not be entitled to vote on any question. 


On this resolution Rep. John N. Washington called for a 
vote by Lodges. 
Those Lodges which voted in the aflirmative, were : 


Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4 


Neuse $s “a6, 
Manteo AES 
Muchuena ns Fae, 8 
Buena Vista a ogee oe 


North State fd ~ 26. 
Falling Creek “ ae 
Yadkin e « §30,.—8. 


296 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1850. 


Those Lodges which voted in the negative, were : 
; Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 


Phalanx s TO. 
Achoree = “14. 
Mountain ag “19. 


Esperanza“ “  28,.—5. 
There being no further business, the Grand Lodge ad- 


journed with prayer. 
WILLIAM D. COOKE, 
Grand Secretary. 



















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304 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [| 1850. 


OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 


OF THE 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


PPPOE 


OFFICERS 


from May 1850 to May 1851. 


MOST WORTHY GRAND ‘MASTER, 


PERRIN BUSBEE, Raleigh. 
RIGHT WORTHY DEPUTY GRAND MASTER, 
JULIUS WILCOX, Warrenton. 

RIGHT WORTHY GRAND SECRETARY, 
WILLIAM D. COOKE, Raleigh. 
RIGHT WORTHY GRAND TREASURER, 
De. RICHARD B. HAYWOOD, Raleigh. 
RIGHT WORTHY GRAND WARDEN, 
DeWITT C. STONE, Louisburg. 
RIGHT WORTHY GRAND CHAPLAIN, 
Rev. JAMES DELK, Colerain. 
RIGHT WORTHY GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO G. L. U. 3. 
JOHN H. MANLY, Raleigh. 
JOHN N. WASHINGTON, Newbern. 


DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 


Wilmington District, 
JAMES T. MILLER, of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2 
Fayetteville District, 
JOHN WINSLOW, of Cross Creek Lodge, No 4. 
Mecklenburg District, 
WILLIAM LANDER, of Mountain Lodge, No. 19. 
Newbern District, 
Oo. W. TELFAIR, of Phalanx Lodge, No. po. 
Roanoke District, 
G. J. MUSGRAVE, of Achoree Lodge, No. 14. 


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i850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


INSTALLING OFFICERS 
from May 1850, to May 1851. 


a ae a a te 


Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, W. L. SMITH. 


Washington “ es Le Ge Pree) es 
Cross Creek “ cota WAL Anse SMH: 
Thaddeus 5S aah WS DS JA AHO BEAND: 
Neuse % MME We Revise RA VE: 
Eureka “ mm AS AW Cy BROUNT, 
Manteo s ete AS Pol PE SCL 
Meck. Dec. » “ “« 9 JOSHUA TROTTER. 


Phalanx ¢ « 10, T- H. HARDENBERGH. 
Concordia ‘s “ tho J... W. MORGAN, 

Trent i « 12}0oJ. HiaDILLAHUND. 
Franklin y © 4930 R. R. S. LAWRENCE. 
Achoree Y; “ 14, W. F. MARTIN, 
Winchester “ “160h. HOS TE VENS: 
Covenant os « 17, ZENO H. GREENE. 
Smyrna ss “18, BRYAN HELLEN. 
Mountain... “ « 19, JASPER STOWE. 
Muchuena “ « 20, DAVID PARRISH. 
Buena Vista * oT SOL. HOPRINA: 
Tuscarora “ 42% Jeo. W EBB. 

Tryon - teen WW Ny Sel Lees 

Oriental as « “94, JOS. FE. ETHERIDGE. 
Piedmont ¥ ¢ 95. Je. Ave LI XON. 

North State “ « 96, J. A. WEIRMAN. 
Columbus “ « 97, Rev. HAYNES LENNON. 
Esperanza “ « 2865,G. WILLLAMS. 
Falling Creek“ é 90.W. L. SERELE: 

Yadkin ef « 30, H. J. McELORY. 


306 FOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE { 1850. 


PAST GRAND MASTERS. 


— 





Se 


JOHN CAMPBELL, of Weldon Lodge, No. 1, 
R. H. WORTHINGTON, of Washington “ is aes. 
JOHN McRAE, Sr., of Cape Fear «af ie 
ALEX. McRAE, Sr., of f Oe 
ISRAEL DISOSWAY, = of Eureka i: vy Ts 
WM. H. McK EE, of Manteo i cus, 
BENJ. F. HANKS, of Phalanx i Set TER 
paeb. NEWBY: of Cross Creek “ vai 


PAST GRAND SECRETARIES. 
W.S. G. ANDREWS, of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, 


J. D. GARDNER of « « et yc 
WM. O. JEFFREYS, of « ‘ “Ke 
J. Bi NEWBY... of Cross Creek “ ead, 
JOHN McRAEH, Jr., off Cape, Fear... “ L2, 
Rev. A. PP REPITON, of «s « “6 
WILLIAM D. COOKE, of Manteo * “8, 


PAST GRAND TREASURERS. 
ALEX. McRAE,: Sr, of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, 
J. D. GARDNER, of Dsl 
D. McMILLAN, of — 6 Fe “6 
PAST GRAND WARDENS. 


JOHN McRAE. Sr., of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, 


sé 6c 6e 


W.S. G. ANDREWS, of “ « ces 
ROBERT 8S. THOMAS of « é bes! Neg 
THADDEUS D. LOVE, of “ & Pare 
PeCloHno JUS LIU. oF syialanz «“ “10, 
BENJ. J. HOUZE, of Neuse « Hos: 
RB HAY WOR, of Manteo « « 8 


JULIUS WILCOX, of Muchuena «6 « OG, 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 307 


PAST GRAND CHAPLAINS. 


Rev. A. P. REPITON, of Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2, 
a). MeNAIR, of Cross Creek “ « 4 
oR OSKINS; of Cape Fear 4.‘ « 9 

PAST GRAND GUARDIANS. 

T. C. WILLIAMS, of Weldon Lodge, No. 1, 
Wa. T. WHITFIELD, “ « Me ts 
T. H. HOWEY, of Cape Fear « « @ 
JOHN. McRAE Jr. of Cross Creek “ “14, 

DANIEL COGDELL of Neuse « «6, 

R. S. THOMAS, of Cape Fear « «<Q 
BeWe IG of Winchester“ «“ 16, 
G. J. MUSGRAVE, of Achoree «“ “ 44. 

PAST GRAND CONDUCTORS. 

D. B. BOYKIN (deceased) of Weldon Lodge, No. 1, 
Pipe eters 1h: of Washington “ oe. 
F. M. CAPEHART, of Washington “ hkl 
OF LY FILLYAW, of Thaddeus «“ « 5 
L. C. HUBBARD, OF hy. 8 aes 

O. W. TELFAIR, of Phalanx « “10. 

PAST GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO G. L. U.S. 

JOHN CAMPBELL, of Weldon Lodge, No. 1, 
ALEX, McRAE, Sr., of Cape Fear « « 2, 
R. H. WORTHINGTON, of Washington « “« 3. 
Wn. E. ANDERSON, of Cape Fear “ « Q 
W. H. McKEE, of Manteo : sou S. 


ww 


TALCOTT BURJ 9. of Cape Fear “ # 


308 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE | 1850. 


MEMBERS OF THE GRAND LODGE. 
Cape Kear. Lodge, No. 2. 


John Campbell, 


Alexander McRae, Sr. 
Rev. A. Paul Repiton, 


John McRae, Sr. 
Junius D. Gardner, 
Thomas H. Howey, 
Jethro Ballard, 
William O. Jeffreys, 
John McRae, Jr. 
Stephen D. Wallace, 
Horace Burr, 

Wm. E. Anderson, 
Rev. B. L. Hoskins 


David Cashwell, 
John C. Wood, 
Timothy L. Guess, 
Talcott Burr, Jr. 
Bradford Sherman, 
James T’. Miller, 
Daniel McMillan, 
W. C. Howard, 
Joseph Mc Laurin, 
Thos. M. Gardner, 
Wm. L. Smith, , 
R. S. Thomas, ~ 

G. H) Kelly. 


Washington Lodge, No. 8. 


R. H. Worthington, 
Robert S. Parker, 

Sey W. Fill, 

Thomas J, Deans, 
Benjamin A. Speres, 


Kly Carter, 
Re he” Parker: 
Lewis T. Speres, 


EF. M. Capehart, 


Henry G. Trader. 


Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4. 


John McRae, 

‘J. B. Newby 
John Winslow 
A. McLean 
W. Winslow, 
maya ls Smith; 
John Shaw, 
Duncan G. McRae, 


Henry Lilley, 
James G. Cook 
W. T. Frizell, 

A. A. McKethan | 
S. G. Smith, 
George Lauder, 


H. B. Sedberry. 


Thaddeus Lodge No. 5. 


T. D. Love, 
J: Dp. Love, 


A. B. Chesnutt, 
Alfred Johnson, 


1850. ] 


O. L. Filyaw, 
Lewis S. Herring, 


L. ©. Hubbard, 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 309 


R. C. Holmes, 
G. W. Atkins, 
J C. Carroll. 


Neuse Lodge, No. 6. 


Daniel Coedell, 
John ‘Taylor, 

W.S. G. Andrews, 
William M. Puryear. 
James W. Doyal, 


Charles J. Nelson, 
Stephen D. Phillips, 
John B. Griswold, 
William R. Musgrave, 
John W. Davis. 


Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 


Israel Disosway, 
J. C. Justice, 
John Blackwell, 
John Charlotte, 
John M. Oliver, 
R. W. Choate, 


Alexander C. Blount, 
John N. Washington, 


William Hay, 


John Hutchinson, 
James E. Morris. 


Manteo Lodge No. 8. 


Edward Yarborough, Sr. 
William D. Cooke, 

W. H. McKee, 

R. B. Haywood, 

Perrin Busbee, 

John H. Manly, 


Thomas M. Oliver, 
W. D. Haywood, in. 
Isaac Procter, 

P. F. Peseud, 

W. R. Scott. 


Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge No. 9. 


Joshua Trotter, 
A. Bethune, 
JA. Young, 


L. S. Williams, 
M. B. Taylor, 
Thomas Trotter, 


Phalanz Lodge, No. 10. 


B. F, Hanks, 
O,.W.. Telfair, 


George H. Brown, 


Thomas H. Hardenbergh. 


R. L. Myers, 
James H. Tyler., 


310 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1850. 


Concordia Lodge, No. 11. 


M. F. Arendell, B. L. Perry, 
J. W. Morgan, H. H. Willis, 
B. Leecraft, Jr. D. W. Morse. 


Trent Lodge, No. 12. 
J. D. Hines, L. H. Missellier. 
Franklin Lodge, No. 138. 


J. B. Littlejohn, J. J. Jones, 
B. B. Lewis, D.C. Stone, 
R. R. 8. Lawrence, A. M. Lewis, 


Achoree Lodge, No. 14. 


J. C. B. Ehringhaus, William H. Clark, 
G. J. Musgrave, John Pool, 
William F, Martin, James C. Scott. 


Winchester Lodge, No. 16. 


D. Ferguson, Pomroy Clark, 
B. B. Lawrence, Thomas Newby. 


Covenant Lodge, No. 17. 


Goold Hoyt, Zeno, H."Greene. 
Stephen B. Evans, 


Smyrna Lodge, No. 18. 


Samuel E. Davis, David W. Whitehurst. 
Bryan Hellen, . 


Mountain Lodge, No. 19. 


Jasper Stowe, W. Lander. 
Wm. Williamson, 


Muchuena Lodge, No, 20. 
Juhus Wilcox, John M. Price, 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. abl 
David Parrish, T. A. Montgomery. 
Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21. 


John Sloan, A.S. Porter. 
Solomon Hopkins, 


i if ¢ 
Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22. 


Thomas Woodley, Win. H. Whitfield. 
James B. Webb, 


Tryon Lodge, No. 23. 


Wm. M. Shipp, JV lea: 
Thomas A. Hayden, 


Oriental Lodge, No. 24. 


Joseph H. Etheridge, Preston Perry. 
Rev. James Delk, 


Pieamiont Lodge, No. 25. 
J. A. Dickson, C. M. Avery. 
North State Lodge, No. 26. 
J. A. Weirman, Albert Overman. 
Columbus Lodge, No. 27. 
Rev. Haynes Lennon. 
Esperanza Lodge, No. 28. 
John G. Williams. 
Falling Creek Lodge, No. 29. 
Walter L. Steele. 
Yadkin Lodge, No. 30. 
W. J. McElroy. 


$12 


SOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 


f 1850. 


LIST OF CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS, 


Belonging to the Subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Rh. W. 
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, up to July Ist, 1880. 


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CAPE PRAR LODEGBs No Bo 


John Campbell, 


Alex. McRae, Sen., 
Rev. A. P. Repiton, 
John McRae, Sen., 


J. D. Gardner, 
Thos. H. Howey, 
Jethro Ballard, 
Will. O. Jeffreys, 
John McRae, Jr., 


Atkins, Edw. N. 
Armstrong, T. J. 
Anderson, W.S. 
Burch, James 
Bowden, Jesse 
Brown, George 
Baker, Henry 
Bates, Benj. G. 
Barry, Thos. D. 
Burr, Wm. A. 
Bunting, J. E. 
Barnum, J. M. 
Curtis, Geo. T. 
Crone, John 
Colton, Thos. J. 
Conoly, John J. 


PAST GRANDS. 


S. D. Wallace, 
Horace Burr, D. McMillan, 
W.E. Anderson, W. C. Howard, 
Rev. B. L. Hoskins, Jos. McLaurin, 
David Cashwell, T. M. Gardner, 
John C. Wood, W. L. Smith, 
T. L. Guess, R. 8S. Thomas. 
Talcott Burr, Jr., Kelly, Geo. H. 
Bradford Sherman, 


Jas. I’. Miller, 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Hartsfield, A. A. 
Haines, H. S. 
Hathaway, J. L. 
Hyde, Wm. E. 
Hoffman, 8. 
Huston, Maxl. 


Jones, David 


Myers, Cornelius 
Meginney, L. 
McCollum, A. T. 
Mulock, Jesse 
McKennon, A. J. 
Neff, William 
Nutt, Henry 


Jones, W. B. Nixon, Hiram 
Jonesaimeee Nixon, N. N. 
Jacobs, W. L. Nutt, John 

King, Thomas F. Perrin, H. R. 
Keene, J. L. Potter, Gilbert, Jr., 
Kilkelly, W. G. Packard, Cyrus 
Kea, Jas. E. Polley, 8. P. 
Lamont, D. A. Price, W. J. 


Mallett, L. Rothwell, A. B. 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 313 


Coney, J. R. 
Dunham, Jno. S. 
Fennell, Owen 
Falon, Patrick 
Fulton, James 
Grant, R. H. 
Gause, Thos. F. 
Garrison, Jas. 
Gilbert, Henry 
Grey, Charles 
Gill, Robertson 
Guyer, W. A. 
Griffith, John 
Gause, Smal. P. 


Bowden, John C. 
Brown, Asa A. 
Brown, John B. 


Berry, Samuel 
Burch, Wm. F. 
Burkhimer, H. 
Brown, Thomas O. 
Bowers, John FE, 


Craig, John 


Freeman, W. E. 


Andrews, Samuel 
Brown, Thos. W. 
Ballard, George 
Bowden, L. H. 
Cuckon, W.K. 


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Hart Levi A. McRae, Alex. Jr., 
Love, .Wi J..Jr. Reid, David 
Lynch, G. G. Russell, Jas. B. 
London, Mauger Simpson, Richard 
Lees, Jonathan Sutton, Wm. 


Lutterloh, E. J. Sullivan, F. 
Lawton, Joseph Sherwood, A. 
Latta, Jno..C. Tolman, Job 
McLane, Andrew. Walker, W. A. 
Mahoney, Rev. J. Williams, W: A. 
Matthews, Alex. Williams, Jos. S. 
McGary, James Wright, John H. 
McKeller, Hector Wheat, L. C. 
Mitchell, B. F. Yopp, W. J. 


ROYAL RLUE DEGREE. 


Dunham, 8S. W. Peterson, Isham 
Marks, Wm. Smith. J. B. 


Perry, James 
COVENANT DEGREE, 


Cowan, W. D. Newell, W. T. 
Crockett, Thos. M. Polly, Hiram 
Daskam, W. F. Parish, John S. 
Mindel, A. Rankin, Robert G. 
Matthews, William Russell, Honry 


WHITE DEGREE. 
Gadsby. Geo. 
INI'TIATORY DEGREES. 


Fillyaw, Robert M. McCollum, Jas. J. 
Hall, Edward D. Morehouse, G. N. 


Hall, Edward W.- Pipkin, Stuart 


Keith, Wm. Price, W. W. 
Loring, Thomas Plunkitt, John 


“y 


314 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1859. 


Coney, C. J. Miller, Jos. S. Wilkinson, Jos. 
Cornwall, W. J. Miller, Thos. C. Whitaker, L. B. 
Craft, Thomas C. McMillan, F. A. 


WASHINGTON LODGE, NOs S 


PAST GRANDS. 


R.H. Worthington, Benj. A. Speres, L. 8S. Speres, 
te. Parker, Ely Carter, F. M. Capehart, 
Seri. “Hill, Ri KR. Parker H. G. Trader, 
T. J. Deans 
SCARLET DEGRER. 

Brewer, Matt. Hutchings, J. W. Savage, O. B. 
Bryant, B. Moore, H. A. Vinson A. 
Britt, A, Pruden, L. W. Valentine, D. 
Bridges, Jno. P. Parker, E. Williams, P.S. 
Dukes, J. E. Pope, 8. B. Yates John. 
Harrison, 1. Parker, H. H. 

ROYAL BLUE DEGRBE. 
Barnes, Jacob Polkinhorn, S. Williams, S. D. 
Holland, Charles Parker, G. D. Wood, Jas. H. 


Munger, Jno. 8. Vinson, A. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 
Adkins, W. H. Morgan, John L. 
CROSS CREEK) LODGE, NO. 4. 


PAST GRANDS. 


John McRae, A. A.T. Smith, W. T. 'Frizell 
J. B. Newby, John ‘Shaw, . A. A. McKethan, 
John Winslow, Duncan G. McRae, S. G. Smith, 
A. McLean, Henry Lilly, Geo. Lauder, 


W. Winslow, James G. Cook. Chas. Lutterloh, 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 315 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Atkins, B. F. McNeil, Duncan Smith, John 
Briggs, W. W. McDuffie, N. K.. Smith, Neil 

Bell, D. R. McDonald, John S. Smith, James G. 
Gilchrist, D. Marsh, ilham Sedberry, H. B. 
Graham, Hugh Sr. Nixon, C. D. Strange, Robt. Jr. 


Hardie, R. W. Robinson, Jno. L. Sackett, T. M. 
Houston, Owen Robinson, Wm, C. Tillinghast, 8. W. 
McRae, Roderick, Rose, W. A. White, Oliver 
McLaurin, John Stedman, J. M. 


REMEMBRANCE DEGREE. 


Atkinson, Travis D. McMillan, Geo. McCormick, D. 
Giersh, A. E. McRae, Daniel Sundy, James 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Blocker, J. C. Leete, W, J. Newby, D. T. 


Burwell, Henry King No JY. Shaw, Roderick, 
Hodges J. P. Maultsby, D.S. Whaley, Hiram 


COVENANT DEGREE 


Brown, A. 8. Holland Wim. McArthur, J. D. 
Coffield, C. H. Hartman, J. Pemberton, E. L. 
Davis, A. McPherson, A. Smith, Neill 
Decker, Samuel McFadyen, A. B. Tomlinson, W. H. 
Graham, Hugh Jr., Munn, John Warden, J. P. 


Hartman. W.N. Maultsby, J. 8. 


WHITE DEGREE. 


Dobbin, Jas. C. Owen, J. W. Snow, J. 
Jessup, A. Polk, George C. Wilder, M. 
Morse, W. F. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Jones, Kimball Jones, N. Johnson. Thomas 


O16 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1850. } 
LELAIDDIEUS LODGE, NO. &. 

T ge hove Lewis 8. Herring, Alfred Johnson, 

J.D. ites L. C. Hubbard, R. C. Holmes, 

O. L. Fillyaw, A. B. Chesnutt, G. W. Atkins. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Draughon, W. C. 
Faison, T. I. 
Holland, T. J. 
Hall, Calton 
Harrison, C. A. 
Johnson, Josiah 
McKoy, A. E. 
Morisey, T. J. 
Moseley, J. M. 
Parker, W. J. 


Boykin, Isaac 
Culbreth, Love 
Carroll, John C. 
Garroll; DoD. 
Chesnutt, O. M. 
Garr; L. F. 
Giifton,.J. L. 
Conoley, M. C. 
Culbreth, B. 
Garr, J.D. 


Parker, Dennis, 
Pugh, T. L. 

Pugh, Wm. E. 
Russell, Wm. 
stevens, C. H. 
Stevens, J. H. 
Shaw, E. F. 
Underwood, W. LL. 
Wright, John B. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Crumpler, M. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Dyes, G. W. Liddon, “ES: 


WHITE DEGREE. 


Faison, F. J. 


Roberts, J. H. 


NWISUSIS ODER, NGo Ga 


Daniel Cogdell, 
John Taylor, 


Wm. M. Puryear, 
James W. Doyal, 


W.S. G. Andrews, Charles J. Nelson, 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Ezzell, John W. 
Riser Thos. C. 


Andrews, Jno. N. 
Archer, P. L. W. 
Becton, John E. 


Gregory, Rich’d J. 


Step. D. Phillips, 
John B. Griswold, 
Wm. R. Musgrave. 


Northam, Jas. B. 
Peacock, Lawrence 
Pennington, B. 


1850.] 


Beard, C. M. 
Best, Robert W. 
Brown, Wm. F. 
Castex, F. L. 
Crosby, J. H. 
Davis, J. W. 
Davis, James M. 
Duggan, Wm. J. 
Everitt, James H. 


James 


Daniel, 


Daniel, Jacob 
Glasgow, Wm. P. 


Flowers, Cullen 


Brogden, Thos. W. 


Broadhurst, J. C. 
Cogdell, David 


aw 
LB 


Israel Disosway, 
J. C. Justice, 

John Blackwell, 
John Charlotte, 


Bishop, Samuel 
Breaker, J. M. C. 
- Coart, John C. 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


RBA LODE, ; 


317 


Pope, William 
Toler, W. H. 
Yoler, John T. 
Wright, John 
Whitfield, Wm. B. 
Webb, Silas 
Williams, Robt. E. 
Webb, John B. 


Griswold, Benj. J. 
Gay, Simon 
Granthum, Uriah 
Hollowell, W. 
Hollowell, 'T. T. 
Hatch, Joseph R. 
KKornegay, G. L. 
Lancaster, J. W. 
Mayo, Jesse 
ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
Pope, Henry 
COVENANT DEGRERD, 


Pollock, Wm. F. 
Waters, Thomas 


Jones, David 


Pipkin, Elisha 
WHITE DEGREE. 
Hudson, Thos. J. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Granthum, D. E. 
Sanford, John P. 


Summerlin, Wm. G. 


Sikes, Wm. R. 


IN@o Yo 


PAST GRANDS. 


John M. Oliver, 
R. W. Choate, 
Alex. C. Blount, 
J. N. Washington, 


William Hay, 
John Hutchinson, 
James KE. Morris. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Hanff, John F. 
Hancock, J. W. 


Horniblow, John 


Robinson, J. J. 
Ricaud, T. P. 
Rhodes, C. C. 


218 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 


Cook, Benj. M, 
Cox, David C. 
Cuthbert, Emmett 
Chadwick, S. W. 
Creekman, J. Jr., 
_ Dudley, David W. 
Dewey, Willis 
Duffy, Walter 
Ferguson, Elijah 
Fields, Chas. G. 
Ferrand, Wm. 
Goslee, Daniel W. 
Hanks, Ossian 
Howard, T. S. 
‘Hanks, Ellsworth 
Hackburn, E. 
Heritage, L. B. 


Harvey, W. H. 
Huggins, k. John 
Jones, Charles P. 
Jones, James 
Justice, John R. 
Jones, William 
Jennette, Rob’t S. 
Lewis, John B. 
Latham, Seth W. 
Latham, Augustus 
Moore, Wm. P. 
Morse, Frederick 
Miller, Alexander 
Matthews, Mat. 
Phelps, Lewis, 
Parks, Wm. J. 


OF THE {1850. 


Rumley, John 
Schenck, Wm. H. 
Simpson, C. F. 
Sparrow, Wm. T. 
Smith, D. H. 
Sparrow, Wm. J. 
Stevenson, Martin 
Surmond, D. D. 
Taylor, Geo. W. 
White, C. J. 
Wallace, T. C. 
Wooten, J. P. 
Wallace, S. W. 
Washington, W. H. 
Washington, Geo. 
Wallace. James L. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Robinson, Wm. 


COVENANT DEGREE 


Pelletier, Wm. P. 
Pipkin, Phillip 


Drury, Lucius H. 
Hartwick, Jos. 
Mumford, Sesse 


WHITE DEGREE. 
Davis, John 


Wolte, Henry E. 
Ward, George J. 


INITIATORY DEGREE, 


Buford, Henry 

Barbour, Wm. F. 
Darling, Wm. B. 
Green, Thomas, 


Gray, John A. 
Hackburn, Joseph 
Lovick, Henry J. 


Street, Samuel R. 
Street, John J.. 
Smith, John B. 


MANTBO LODEGH, WOo So 


PAST GRANDS. 


E. Yarborough, Sr. Perrin Busbee, 


Isaac Procter, — 


wy 
_— 
© 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


William D. Cooke, John H. Manly,  P. F. Pescud, 
W. H. McKee, Thomas M. Oliver, W. R. Scott. 
R. B. Haywood, —LW. D. Haywood, ~& 

oar 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


% Allen, D. W. = { Haywood, R. W. Royster, David Jr., \ 
Buck, O. A. Hinton, David Rogers, Sion H. 

* Bledsoe, M. A. Hawkins, Geo. W. Saunders, R. A. 
Boylan, W. M. Haywood, P.H. Sanders, Lynn B. 


Burch, O. L. Hobbs, H. H. Singletary, G. EK. B. 
Brown, H. J. Heflin, Rev. R. T. Smith, H.S. 
Brantly, A. B. Jones, W. H. Tucker, W. H. H, 
Cooke. Geo. T’. Jordans). h. Thompson, J. R. 


Cosby, John W. Johnson, John W. Thompson, W. H. 
Clark, H. T. Jer. Litchford, J. J. Vass, W. W. 


Culbreth, Rev. D. Little, George Woltering, Jos. 
Deems, Rev. C. F. Manly, L. C. Watson, J. W. B. 
Dewey, T. W. Marriott, J. T. “*Williams, J. R. 
Finch, R. P. Mial, A. T. Williams, J. G. 
Ferrell, James L. McRae, D. K. West, John T. 
Gray, R. Porter, Henry, Wolstenholmes, H F 
Gorman, A. M. *%*Root, C. B. Watson, W. H. 
Gales,Seaton ‘Royster, James D. Yarborough, E. Jr., 


Holden, W. W. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
Joyner, Rev. P. H. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Alston, W. F.S. King, F. W. Palmer John C, 
Horton, Jeptha Lovejoy, J. M. Newton, W. 


Reincey, 
WHITE DEGREE. 


Dodd, James Thornton, A.G. Utley, John R. 
Ruffin, Samuel Young, Samuel H. 


320 


Briggs, ‘I. H. 
Baison, W. F. 
Boylan, John H. 
Carmichael, L. 
Hudgins, 8, 
Hargrave, I’. R. 


JOURNAL 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Hicks, John Y. 
Johnson, Albert 
Kirkland, J. W. 
Leathers, Jas. S. 
Lucas, Jas. S. 
Lee, R. H. 


BUTE CUS. IDIRCUAIRAWHOW 1 


Joshua Trotter, 
A. Bethune, 


Andrews, E. H. 
Ashburry, Daniel 
Briard, A. R. 
Belk. Sam’! E. 
Bell, R. C. 
Blair, J. W. 
Barringer, Rufus 
Blackwood, B. G. 
Carson, R. C. 
Coleman, Danie] 
Davidson, E. C. 
Davidson, W. F. 
Davidson, Jos. M. 
Davidson, B. F. 
Fox. C. J. 

Fox, J 


Di AIA 
es Past) 


Ms ia. \ 


LAoetes Le RS 


B. F, Hanks, 
O. W. Telfair, 


PAST GRANDS, 


J. A. Young, 
L. S. Williams, 


SCARLET 


Bly, J. Wam 
Harty, John 
arty, William 
Harris, W. S. 
Harris, E. R. 
Houston, G. 8. 
Harris, K. P. 
Grier, R. A. 
Jackson, 8S. H. 
Low, Pinckney 
Lowrie, 8S. J. 
Morrow, J. W. 
McDonald, John 
Maxwell, F. H. 
McRea, E. D. 


Nido ke 
PAST GRANDS. 


George H. Brown, 


OF PROCEEDINGS OF 


DEGREE. 


| iho MOLD Elis IN ‘Oa 


THE (1856. 


Miller,’ H. W. 
Mordecai, Jacob 
McDade, J. B. 
Pace, James 
Utley, Q. 
Whitaker, 


UuOIDE Is IWGs Yeo 


‘..M: 


M. B. Taylor, 
Thomas Trotter, 


Porter, Thos. F. 
Robinson, R. M. 
Riglar, John 
Saddler, Jas. A. 
Ross, F. M. 
Smith, J. P. 
Sandifer, T. T. 
Shaw, Robert 
Spencer, D. H. 
Taylor, David 
Taylor, John R. 
Weddington, F. 8. 
Wriston, S. T. 
Wriston, M. L. 
Young R35. 


o? 


fing 
AG 


R. L. Myers, 


T. H. Hardenbergh. James H. Tyler. 


Allen, Win. 
Blount, R. H. J. 
Bonner, John 8B. 
Bonner, B. T. 
Cook, N. W. 
Clark,aH. J.B. 
Crabtree, L. D. 
Craig, A. 
Corden, Wm. 8. 
Corden, S. K. 
Caila, John F’. 
Carrow, S. J. 
Carrow, 5. 1. 
Carmer, John R. 
Davis, Jesse H. 
Doughty, J. J. 
SL. 
Dimock, Henry 
Demill, Thos. A. 
Dixon, G. R. 
Ernall, A. W. 
Ellison, H. A. 
Forbes, E. 
Fitchett, Thomas 
Fowler, S. 
Fowle, Jas. L. 
Gaskill, J. W. 
Gordon, Geo. W. 


Carmalt, John 


Archabell, Jos. P. 


Parmerle, B. J. 
Robinson, C. 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Hyatt, L. 
Hodges, H. 
Hammond, C. W. 
Holmes, L. L. 
Horton, D. B. 
Harvey, H. L. 
Hawks, Thos. H. 
Hodges, Jos. B. 
Hawks, Jno. S. 
Jones, J. Ki. 
McCormick, H. 
Myers, Wm. B. 
Myers). (ak, 
Moore, Wm. C. 
Morton, Wim. 7. 
McWilliams, J.S. 
Moore, F. W. 
Moore, Edmund 
McGowan, John 
Norcom, John 
Nadall, A. 
Noreom, James 
Pake, Wm. T. 
Patterson, E. P. 
Patrick, John R. 
Pugh, Jos. T. 
Peartree, Asa 
Peartree, James 


Royster, L. H. 
toss, John B. 
Robbins, James S. 
Rodman, Wm. B. 
Rea, R.vL: 

4eid, Daniel 
Righton, 8S. A. W. 
Redding, Jas. W. 
Simmons, J. W. 
Small, John H. 
Smaw, Thos. D. 
Stubbs, Jesse R. 
Smith, L. H. 
Simmons, James 
PAV IOG aves. 
ripp, be. 
Tripp, Jos. 

Tyler, John 
Tripp, Wimet Rt 
Turner, George 
Tuten, Thomas 
Telfair, D. A. 
Tier, Jos. S. 
VanNortwick, M. F. 
W illiams, John B. 
W olfenden, John 
Warren, E. J. 
Watson, Job H. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 


Voland, ike: 
Wallace, J. 


Stratton, Rev. J. 
Tompkins, Jno. 


322 JOURNAL OF PROCKEDINGS OF THE (1850. 


WHITE DEGREE. 


Allen, H. P. Blount, W. A. Jr., Moore, John E. 
Archabell, J. H. Gantier, Benj. Stuart, James | 
Barrow, A. H. Lanier, W. A. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Boyle, Robt. R. Hancock, H. F. Williams, J. M. 
Carrow, Henry Jollie, H. G. Walston, W. 
Dousty, Stephen 


CONCORDIA LODEGB, NO ido 


PAST GRANDS. 


Dr. M. F. Arendell, B. Leecraft, Jr. H. H. Willis. 
J. W. Morgan, ID aelichaech. Olas 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Bell, C. S. Fuller, Belcher Nelson, S. J. 
Bell, D. H. LL. Fuller, W. J. Physic, W. B. 
Bell, J. F. Gibble, J. HE. Phelps, Matthias 
Bell, W. F. Howland, J. E. Reiger, Henry 
Chadwick, B. Howland, S. L. Thomas, J. P. 
Chadwick, Oliver Jones, Rev. John Thomas, M. C. 
Delamar, C. Longest, Bryan Walker, George 
Dill, George Longest, James Wahab, Job 
Duffy, 8.8. Longest, Wm. White, J. T. 
Duncan, Thomas Morse, David Willis, Si F. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
Canaday, R. 5S. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 
Morse, George 
WHITE DEGREE, 


Brooks, William 


1850. } GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


C2) 
aD 
Cx) 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Canaday, Thomas King, W. C. Murray, Thomas 
Garner, W. J. 


DiBIW luODE Bs Wo Igo 
PAST GRANDS. 


Rich’d F. Green, J. D. Hines, John H. Dillahunt, 
L. H. Missellier 


SCALET DEGREE. 


Francks, Wm. W. Sanderson, Ed. F. Thomas, Francis D. 
Koonce, Simon E. Stanly, William Williams, Ad’w. C. 


COVENANT DEGREE, 
Brown, Wm. M.  Jarmon, Job L. 

WHITE DEGREE. 
Hatch, Richard J. 

TINITIATORY DEGEE. 
Huggins, Wm. F. Johnson, A. H. McDaniel, John A. 
IIR AINISIUIIN In@IDGBs N@o 18. 
PAST GRANDS 


J.B. Littlejohn, R. R.S. Lawrence, D. C. Stone, 
B. B. Lewis, J. J. Jones, A. M. Lewis, 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Burge, James P. Furman, W. H. Person, W. E. 


Bennett, Henry L. Harris, W. Perry, Willie Jr., 
Carlisle, Thos. N. Harrison, M. N. Raney, Thomas 
Davis, Isaac H. Lankford, M. Speed, Dr. E. 
Furman, Rickey Patterson, Young Yarbrough, Jas. 8. 


Foster, Win. B. Perry, Dr. Sam’! 


324. JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE {1550. 
ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 

Baker. Wan. Harper, J. J. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 

Gupton, b. A. Timberlake, Rich’d 
INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Young, John E. 


‘=i 
Rh REE ) 1 TR! NP <1 
AGHIORBIE WODGB, No ide 


PAST GRANDS, 


J.C. B. Ehringhaus, Wiliam F. Martin, John Pool, 
G. J. Musgrave, Woilham H. Clark, James C. Scott. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Butt, Wim. H. Hamilton, Zera Simmons, D. D. 
Burcher, A. H. Jackson, C. C. Simmons, Dennis 
Burgess, Wm. W. Jones, A. L. Shannonhonse, J M 
Burgess, Wm. B. Lawrence, Joseph Sanderlin, C. 
Beck, Christian Mann, William EK. Simmons, Josiah 


Cooper, John A. Matthews, Wm. P. Saunders, i. W. 
Cartwright, Shad’h Matthews, John M. Speed, Rufus K. 
Commander, Jos. Mullen, Wm. A. Stumph, Thos. B. 
Curran, Albert A. Morris, Nathan Stamm, Abraham 
Cross, Rev. W.G. Newbold, William Tuttle, John M. 


Davis, Sylvanus Owens, Daniel Weeks, James E. 
Nash, Isaac D, Poiner, George Williams, Elhu 


Field, Rev. Stanton Sanderlin, Rev, 8S. Waddy, John M. 
Forbes, Rev. 1. M. Simmons, William Waugh, John S. 
Fearing, John B. Sterling, John Wilder, Geo. M. 
Grice, Samuel D. Shannonhouse, B. J. Williams, Peter E. 
Gautier, James H. Stone, George W. White, Albert 
Hinds, Heman 8. Saunders, L. K. White, Robinson 
Harney, William A. Skinner John B. Whedbee, J. M. 
Hinton, James W. Shannon, Wm. L. 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 325 
ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 

Taylor, J: A. Cudworth, John H. Roughton. Z. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 


Blount, W. C. Jackson, Robinson Whitney, J. M. 
Burnham, Benjamin Old, John F. 


WHITE DEGRER. 


Banks, Am. W. King, John B. Newman, Rich. G. 
Boutwell, Wm. R. Morgan, James M. Simmons. Joseph 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Benberry, John Ixvins, Joseph Milson, John A. 
Brothers, Chas. B. Foxwell, Thos. L. Sikes. Merchant K. 


WINCRIBSTINIR OIG Bs NOe 1G. 





PAST GRANDS. 
D. Ferguson, Pomroy Clark, Thomas Newby. 
B. B. Lawrence, 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Armstrong, EK. H. Jakway, Stephen E. Shollington, W EJ 
Barnes, Jos. J. Jones, Wm. A. Taylor, James J. 
Bullock, Jesse Peel. Henry W. = Taylor Labon 


Boddie, John 8. Pope, W. KE. Thorne, Wm. FE. 
Fort, Jacob G. (Qualls, Wm. L. Watson, B. C. 
Griffin, Thos. H. Ricks, Robert Williford, H. L. 
Hines, Wm. H. Stephens, I. H. Whitehead, A. J. M. 
Harper, Wm. Spencer, Warren E. Wilkins, Thos. M. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Thompson, Lewis 
COVENANT LODGE, NO. 17. 
PAST GRANDS. 


Goold Hoyt, Stephen B. Evans, Zeno H. Greene. 


396 JOURNAL’ OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1859. 
SCARLET DEGREE. 


Bernard, Wm. A. Hines, Peter E. May, Jas. W. 
Braswell, Thos. A. Hathaway, S. 8. McGowens, J. sie 


Bernard, Germain Johnson, 8. F. Nelson, James 
Evans, Amos Johnson, John V. Nelson, Thomas E. 
Evans, John Jordan, Henry C. O’Hagan, Chas. J. 
Evans, William Knox, George Satterthwaite, F. B. 


Gorham, Thos.A. McCluer, J. A. Walch, Wm. M. 

COVENANT DEGREE, 
Bonner, Wm. 8. 

INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Tisdale. Wilham 

SMYRNA LODG!s, NO. Is. 
PAST GRANDS. 

Samuel E. Davis, Bryan Hellen, D. W. Whitehurst. 


SCARLET DEGREE, 


Davis, Jesse A. Hamilton, John W. Rumley, W. W. 
Davis, W. Jr., Lewis, Wm. J. Stryon, John, Ww. 
Davis, MelvinJ. Piver, Wilson F. Willis, Ephraim 
Davis, Calvin J. Piver, James M. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
Roberts, D. R. 
COVENANT DEGREE. 
English, Wilham 
WHITE DEGREE, 
Willis, John T. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Stryon, L. W. Willis, Daniel C. Willis, G. W. 


1850. ] 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 


327 


MOUNTAIN (LODGE, INO. 19 


Jasper Stowe, 


Anthony, John P. 
Abernathy, H. W. 
Burton, A. W. 
Briggs, B. F. 
Bobo, Charles D. 
Campton, W. P. 
Crarew, Alfred 
Edwards, W. R. 


Slade, T. T. 


Cabiniss, H. D. K. 


Andrews, W. P. 
Martin, Moses 


PAST GRANDS. 
W. Lander 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Hoke, Wim. J. 
Motz, Andrew 
Murchison, Rev. C. 
McCoy, Abner 
Michal, W. H. 
Newson, J. M. 
Ramsour, Alfred A. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 
Smith, R. B. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Shuford, John M. 


MUCHUENA LODE, 


Julius Wilcox, 
David Parrish, 


Bobbitt,W. H. 
Blount, T. A. 
Burge, Rev. W. 
Bryan, H, B. 
Brodie, J. H. 
Crabtree, W.C. 


PAST GRANDS. 


oe MaEri¢e, 


SCARLET DEGREE, 


Graves, Rev. N. Z. 
Gupton, K. 
Bolted avy. 
Harrison. J. H. 
Holt? Bed: 

Jones, H. I. 


Wim. Williamson, 


Ramsour, Wm. 
Ramsour, Alex’r 
Reinhardt, W. M. 
Stowe, Jasper 
Stowe, 8S. N. 
Smith, W. B. 
Williamson, Rob’t 


Webber, M. G. 


NO. 20. 


T. A. Montgomery. 


Reynolds, T. 
Rowlett, R, 
Sketton, Dr. W. T. 
Skinner, Dr. Chas. 
Sledge, George R, 
Thrower, W, E. 


828 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [18590. 


Collings . 


Campbell, Rev. TS. 


Clements, W. C. 
Duke, J. L. 
Egerton, J. A. 
Ferrell, J. M. 
Farrar, J. 
Fisher, D. h. 
Goodloe, H. G. 


Brickle, N. D. 


Alsobrook, J. B. 


Burwell, Wm. A. 


Mann, B. D. 
Nicholson, G. W. 


BUENA 


John Sioan, 


Anderson, H.S 
Brown, Michael 
Bleak, M.S. 
Booken, G. W. 
Caldwell, A. C. 
Coffin, Cyrus 
Cole, W. W. 
Donnel, R. C. 


Johnson, J. R, Twitty, W. E. 
McCormick, J. Wilson, J. M. 
Mosely, James L. Watson, W. Jr., 
Minatree, J. J. Wilson, Dr. T. E. 


McCraw, J.C. Watkins, S. T. 
Moore, J. H. White, E. C. 
Phillips, Samuel E. Wortham, George 
Rice, EK. T. y~ Waddil, Te, F. 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 
Toney; J. Wi 
COVENANT DEGREE. 
Renny, J. Rh. 
WHITE DEGREE. 
Paschal, P. D. 
INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Ransom, R. W. Wiggans, B. B. 
Rooks, S._H. 


VISTA LODGE, NO. Bll 
PAST GRANDS. 
Solomon Hopkins, A. 8. Porter. 


SCARLET DEGREE, 


Howlett, J. W. Patrick,-T. J. 


Hoover, B. F. Schoolfield, 

Johnston, R. J. Skelton, Joseph 
Kerr, S. M. Scott, Levi M. 
Lea, W. G. Thurston, Peter 


Leinback, EF. W. Watson, Edwin 


Mendenhall, C. P. Waltington, J. M. > 


McLean, David Walker, Jere. 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 329 


Gilmer, W.S. Miner, James Weatherly, A. 
Gillispie, B. McCullock, R. N. Weatherly, Wm. 
Gardner, S. T. Ogburn, KE. W. 


COVENANT DEGREE, 
Close, James 
INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Anderson, Wm. M. Ellington, Wm. M. 
TVUSGCARORA LODGE, NO. 22. 
PAST GRANDS. 
Thomas Woodley, James B. Webb, Wm. H. Whitfield. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Aldridge, Sam1H. Einstein, Z. Patterson, Moses 
Armstrong, J. J. Einstein, M. Streanglents, Louis 
Blakely, Thos. J. Gaylord, John B. Strong, W. A. 
Cobb, Jesse Hartsfield, J. A. Vase, Wm, Irving 
Cox, Wm. E. Harvey, Amos Venters, Geo. W. 


Cummings, Jos. 8S. King, Rich’d W. 
WHITE DEGREE. 
Neale, James C. Rouse, Willis Sutton, Wm. J. 
so ENITIATORY DEGREE. 
Dawson, Thos, W. Loe, John S. 
TRYON LODGE, NO. Bo 
PAST GRANDS. 


Thos. A. Hayden, Wm. M. Shipp, J. V. Jay. 


e 
SCARLET DEGREE. 


Boyce, 8. J. Carson, Wilham Lollar, D. D. 
Bynum, John G. Carson, John M. Leventhorpe, C. 
22 


330 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1850. 


Baxter, G. W. Dickerson, Garland Stanmire, B. H. 
Carson, J. McD... Dickerson, M.O. Twitty. D. J. 
Caloway, J. W. Hamby, Rev. Allen’ . 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Forney, A. G. Padgett. B. H. 
ORUEWTAL LODE, NO Sto 
PAST GRANDS. 
J. H. Etheridge, Rev. James Delk, Preston Perry. 
SCARLET DEGREE. | 


Askew, J. A. J. Harrell, S. 8. Parker, Wm, D. - 
Brown, Thomas Hayse, Willie D. Spruill, 8. B. 
Bernard, Rev. A. R. Irwin, Wm. TF. Stuley, Jas. B. 


Bernard, Sam’] A. Lewis, W. J. Smith, Joseph 
Beasley, Jos. W. Leary, Wm. Williams, John 


Britton, Rev. W. P. Leary, Joseph Williams, B. B. 
Daniel, Watson L. Leary, Rev. West Wilson, John 
Freeman, Wm. J. Miller, Wm. Worley, Wm. G. 
Garrett, Richard Miller, F.C. . Ward, H. L. 
Harrell, Abner Pruden, Wm. D. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 
Shepperd, John S. 
INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Holly, Augustus | 
PLBDMONL LODGIN, NOs 28> 
PAST GRANDS. 
J. A. Dickson, 4 C.M. Avery. 
‘SCARLET DEGRED. . 


Avery; W.Wet! >? Fenn, J.-D: McElrath, J. We | - 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 331 


Davis, C. 'T. N. Happoldt. J. M. McRae, W. L. 


Erwin, A. H. Janett, G. W. Smith, 8S. J. 
Erwin, S. B. McCombs, R. D. Walton, W. M. 
Erwin, J. S. Murphy J. H. Williamson, A. C. 
Erwin, J. J. McDowd, J. C. 

COVENANT DEGREE. 
Avery, T. L. Fenn, J. G. 

INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Ballew, J. A. Hardy, J. F. E. Martin, Thomas 
Dickson, Wm. Lindsey, H. P. Tremmier, G. R. 
Elliott, R. 8. Milton, L. W. 


NOPE STATO WOlDGINs WOo Bo 
PAST GRANDS. 
J A. Weirman, Albert Overman. 
| SCARLET DEGREE. 


Bell, John J. Gould, Geo. L. Rymer, Moses 
Caldwell, Rich’d Hardy, John H. Roberts, B. B. 
Coleman, Daniel Harrison, Sam’! R. Stokes, Jesse A. 
Ennis, Jas. H. O’Brien, Rev. 8S. J. Scruggs, R. M. 
Ellis, John W. Palmer, Wm. J. Wilson, Wm. R. 
Fox, Rich’d Robards, H. L. Williams, Samuel 


INITIATORY DEGREE, 


Bradshaw, D. R. Hopkins, Rev. B. N. Parks, John P. 
Coffman, Rev. J. H. McDonald, Jas. R. Summerell, Dr. J. J- 
Harvey, John Moseley, Roderick 


COWUMBUS LODGE, NO. #7. 
PAST GRANDS. 
Rev. Haynes Lennon. 
SCARLET DEGREE. 


Baldwin, Wm. M. Inman, Stephen Smith, Burwell 


332 


Haynes, Calvin 
Haynes, Warren 
Hill, George W. 


Maccory, T. 8. 
Powell, A, F. 
Rouse, Bythet 


JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 


[1850. 


Smith, W. G. 
Toon, A. F. 


Thompson, James 


REMEMBRANCE DEGREE, 


Baldwin. Charles 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Downey, Robert Gore, J. M. M. 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


High, James 
Hill, A. B. 
Gore, C. C. 
Gore, Pinckney 
Gore, Wm. K. 


Memory, Eh 


Powell. James C. 
Pridgen, Glasgow, 
Powell, John G. 


WHITE DEGREE. 


Coleman, Dempsey Maultsby, Carson 


Moore, Rev. G. W, 


George, Lewis 


Pridgen, J. C. 
Smith, T. M. 
Summerset, J. H. 
Smith, David 
Williams. Amos 


Richardson. W. R. 


BSIPRRANZA WODGIRg NOo B8o 


PAST GRANDS. 
John G. Williams. 
SCARLET DEGREE. 


Bagley, Wiliam = Hinson, G. W. 
Bateman, John M. Holiday, J. W. 
Beasley, John B. Holiday, Henry 
Beasley, John Hopkins, Isaac K. 
Beckwith, Thomas Johnson, E. J. 
Bennett, Robert H. Johnston, Asa 
Fessenden, B. F. Johnston, T. S. 
Fagan, YoY. Jones, E. W. 
Garibaldo, Angelo Kelly, Isaac 
Guyther, David C. Kieth, James B. 
Hanks, Edgar . Kissam, Samuel 


Kissam, Charles A. 
Latham, Charles 
Nicholls, Jehu 
Piercy, D. A. 
Short,. Henry 5. 
Spruill, H. G. 
Tripp, Reuben 
Waldo, Joseph 
Ward, W. W. 
Waters, H. EL. 
Willis, Elijah H. 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 333 


Hardison, Wm. A. Kissam, Samuel T. Windley, Jacob D. 
Harrison, H. H. 


ROYAL RLUE. DEGREE. 


Norman, Joseph R. Thompson, Nathan 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Allen, Joseph Simmons, Sam’l S$. Ward George W. 
Latham, Thos. 8. 


WHITE DEGREE. 


Brabble, Jacob D. Freeman, James Knight, R. B. 
Davenport, J. F. Garrett, Alfred F. Resspess, Robert 
Etheridge, Stephen Jones, J. L. Waters, Asa J. 


INITIATORY DEGREE. 
Alfred, Fred. E. 
IPAIUIUIUN EG CIRIBIBIS ILOIDEIB, WOo BY 
PAST GRANDS. | 
Walter L. Steele. 
SCARLET DEGREE. 


Douglass, M. L. McDonald, R.S. Steele, R. J. Jr., 
Little, John R. McKinnon, Jno. C. Steele, T. W. 
Little, Alexander McKinnon, N. B. Shortridge, John 
Ledbetter, R. S. Powell, Benj. C. Terry, Francis A. 
Leak, Wm. C. Steele, R. LL. Webb, Louis H, 
McDonald, A. M. 


e 


ROYAL BLUE DEGREE. 


Lucas, Hugh G. Jordan, Thos. S. Stubbs, John W. 
McNeill, Wm. Stewart, James 


COVENANT DEGREE. 


Terry, Wm. L. 


334 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE (1850. 
WHITE DEGREE. 
Ewing, Isaac 
» 
INITIATORY DEGREE. 


Cox, Sherwood L. 
TADEIN LODGE, NO. 80 


PAST GRANDS. 


W. J. McElroy. 


SCARLET DEGREE. 


Brown, Isaac Haines, Lewis Moss, A. A. 
Blackburn, Milton Jones, Wiley Wagoner, Josiah 
Cooper, A. M. Jones, 8. S. Wharton. A. C. 


Forster, Rev. F. X. Montgomery, A. D. 


1850. } GRAND LODGE GF NORTH CAROLINA. 335 


Names of Officers Elected and Installed for the 
Term commencing January Ist, 1850. 


IT 





i i a i a i 


Nosue Granps. Vict GRANDS. SECRETARIES. 


ee 








— a eeeeeaeereranrr ees cs eS eee eee eee ereree—_e eee 


Cape Fear Lodge, No. 2. 
Geo. H. Kelly, J. Nutt, ’ A. Paul Repiton. 
Washington Lodge, No. 3. 
No Returns. 
Cross Creek Lodge, No. 4. 
H. B. Sedberry, J. Winslow, J. M. Stedman. 
Thaddeus Lodge, No. 5. 
J. (. Carroll. Jas. M. Moseley, W.H. McKoy. 
Neuse Lodge, No. 6. 
John W, Davis, J. H. Crosby, John B. Griswold. 
Eureka Lodge, No. 7. 
J.C. Justice, J.M. E. Breaker, C.J. White. 
Manteo Lodge, No. 8. 
Dr. W. R. Scott, Seaton Gales, John Johnson. 
Mecklenburg Declaration Lodge, Ne. 9. 


No Returns. 


336 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [ 1850. 


Phalanx Lodge, No. 10. 


JooeT yler, Norton W. Cooke, Jas. W. Redding. 


Concordia Lodge, No. 11. 


David W. Morse, Cicero S. Bell, Step. F. Willis, 


Geo. Dill, Treas. 


Trent Lodge, No. 12. 
No Returns. 
Franklin Lodge, No. 13. 


No Returns. 


Achoree Lodge, No. 14. 


Jas. C. Scott, Jos. W. Hinton, Geo. M. Wilder, 


Winchester Lodge, No. 16. 


No Returns. 
Covenant Lodge, No. 17. 
No Returns. 
Smyrna Lodge, No. 18. 
M. J. Davis, J. Hy: Davis, 


S. E. Davis, 
W. W. Rumley, 77. 


Mountain Lodge, No. 19. 
No Returns. 


Muchuena Lodge, No. 20. 


T. A. Montgomery E. T. Rice, J.C. McCraw. 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 337 
Buena Vista Lodge, No. 21. 
A. S. Porter, Edwin Watson, © Peter Thurston. 
Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22. 
W.H. Whitfield, Geo. W. Venters, Thos. Woodley. 
Tryon Lodge, No. 23, 


avs ay, Geo. W. Baxter, DeYDeLollar 
LA Hayden? 77: 


Oriental Lodge, No. 24. 

Preston Perry, Wii. Lear iy Thomas Brown. 
Piedmont Lodge, No. 25. 

C. M. Avery, J. H. Murphy, Gi, Wo darxett: 

| North State Lodge, No. 26. 


A. Overman, H. L. Robards, J. H. Hardy, 
B. B. Roberts, Tr. 


Columbus Lodge, INo ez: 
Movil Lenton, wie at. Toon. W. M. Baldwin. 
Esperanza Lodge, No. 28. 
John G. Williams, E. W. Jones, B. F. Fessenden. 
‘alling Creek Lodge, No. 29. 
Walter L. Steele, John Little, M. L. Douglass. 
Yadkin Lodge, No. 30. 
W. J. McElroy, A. C. Wharton, Rev. F. X. Forster. 


338 JOURNAL GF PROCKEDINGS OF THE {1850. 





OF THE 
YTS 
CLs 

OF THE 


GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 





Two black balls are required to reject a Candidate.—(p. 66.) 

The Grand Lodge is pledged to provide for the education 
of orphan children of the members of this Order whose cir- 
cumstances require such aid as the Lodges to which their 
Fathers belonged shall be unable to extend to them. (p. 77.) 

Resolved, That the surplus funds of the Grand Lodge be 
placed at interest, until required, to unable the Grand Master 
to carry out the object of the foregoing resolution.—(p. 77.) 

Resolved, That whenever a Lodge shall surrender its 
Charter to this Grand Lodge, it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
retary of such Lodge, to furnish the Grand Lodge a list of the 
names of all the members of such Lodge, showing the stand- 
ing of each member, the amount of liabilities to, and amount 
due by such Lodge ; also the number and names of widows and 
orphans of deceased members. And that the Grand Secretary 
shall issue a certificate or card to the widows of such deceased 
members as were in good standing at the time of their 
death.—(p. 77.) 


Resolved. That the Grand Secretary be instructed to keep 
an accurate list of the names of all widows and orphans of 
deceased Brethren, which may from time to time be thus 
brought to his notice, on the books of the Grand Lodge.— 
(p. 77.) 3 

A Lodge having granted a withdrawal card, and by mis- 
take a visiting card having been given, is bound to correct 
the mistake and give the withdrawal card, notwithstanding 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 339 


statements have been made prejudicial to the character of 
the applicant as an Odd Fellow, subsequently to his leav- 
jng.—(p. 88.) 

Resolved, That the R. W. Grand Treasurer be authorized 
to invest in Stock of the Bank of Cape Fear, or Bank of the 
State, such surplus funds belonging to this Grand Lodge as 
he may from time to time deem necessary.—(p. 89.) 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to have 
blank forms of Reports printed for the use of Subordinate 
Lodges.—(p. 89.) 

In case of the inability of the Grand Representatives elect 
to attend the meetings of the G. L. U.S. the Grand Master 
is authorized to appoint a substitute —(p. 99.) 

Resolved, That the Officers of this Grand Lodge receive 
from her funds the amount of their travelling and incidental 
expenses whilst engaged in attendance on the Grand Lodge.— 
(p. 100.) 

- Resolved. That in all cases of application for the establish- 
ment of new Lodges within the jurisdiction of this Grand 
Lodge, the travelling expense of the Installing officer shall 
be paid by the Grand Lodge.——(p. 100.) 

Resolved. That this Grand Lodge furnish all her subordi- 
nates with the Revised Work of the Order free of charge.— 
(p. 100.) 

Resolved. That it is the opinion of this Grand Lodge that 
the fund set apart by the several Subordinate Lodges for the 
benefit of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Brothers, and 
also the Orphan School Fund, is not subject to the tax of 10 
per cent to the Grand Lodge.—(p. 101. 


Whereas, itis desirable that uniformity should be observed 
in regard to Regalia worn by Past Grands, 





Resolved, That the proper Regalia to be worn by Past 
Grands shall consist of a Scarlet Apron, Collar, Sash, and Cap 
trimmed or decorated with white.—(p. 101.) 

Resolved, That each Subordinate Lodge be required to 
retain duplicate copies of their Reports to this Grand Lodge.— 


(p. 102.) 


340 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE (1850. 


It is inexpedient to receive applicants for admission into 
our Subordinate Lodges, from other States, without a Dispen- 
sation from the Grand Lodge or Grand Master of the State 
from which such applicant may hail.—(p. 104.) , 


The following form of Record of Lodges is adopted, to be 
published with the proceedings of the Grand Lodge.—(p. 104.) 





Register of Lodge. No. —, under the jurisdiction of the 
R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina. 














mas er ae 
| No. | Where held. | Date of | By whom 
| opening : opened. 


NL ON LO POO IOI LOV I LO LOLOLOI_ PDO I LE  L 


Officers 


By what | Time of | ¢ 
Installed. 


authority. | meeting. 


Name. 














Resolved, That a Steward be appointed for this Grand 
Lodge, whose duty it shall be to attend upon the sittings of 
this Grand Lodge, se2 that the room is in order, and attend to 
such other duties as may be necessary. It shall be his duty 
to see that the members are furnished with Stationery, &c.., 
during the session——for which service he shall receive from 
the Treasurer of this Grand Lodge the sum of Three Dollars 
per day, in addition to the bills for Stationery and servant 
hire.-—(p. 104.) 

Whereas, it appears by the action of the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, that the term of service for Officers of the 
Subordinate Lodges has been changed from three to six months: 


Resolved, That the Lodges in this State be required to con- 
form to the same, and elect their Officers and make their re- 
turns seml-annually.—(p. 133.) 


_ Resolved, That each Lodge under the jurisdiction of this 
Grand Lodge be required to forward to the Grand Master an 
impression in wax of its Seal—(p. 134.) 

Resolved, That the names and address of all the Officers of 
the Grand Lodge be printed with the proceedings of the Grand 
Lodge.—(p. 135.) 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to audit 
the account of the Grand Steward, for Stationery and attend- 
ance en the Grand Lodge, and draw an order on the Grand 
Treasurer for the same.—(p. 140.) 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 34] 


Resolved, ‘That it shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary 
to give to the Chairman of each Committee appointed by this 
Grand Lodge, a notification of his appointment, with a list of 
the members composing said Committee —(p. 161.) 


Resolved, That this Grand Lodge confer upon the future 
Grand Masters of the State the power to issue dispensations 
for opening Subordinate Lodges, in compliance with Section 
6th of Article 2d, page 46 of the Digest of the Laws of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States.—-(p. 163.) 

. Resolved, That hereafter all the Lodges under this jurisdic- 
tion be required to torward to every communication of this 
Grand Lodge, a copy of its By-Laws and Rules of Order.—— 
(p. 167.) 

Resolved, That every Representative of a Subordinate 
Lodge, shall at the time of his election be furnished witha 
certificate in the following form—viz : 

Lodge, No, —, I. O. O. F. 
To the R. W. Grand Lodge of the State of N. Carolina. 


This is to certify that P. G. ——_~-————— has been duly 
elected a Representative of this Lodge to your Right Worthy 
Body, to serve for one year from the second Wednesday in 
May. 


QLSYTYVBVOY7a,o 
BENOYPYRYRE 


alts “ In testimony whereof, ] herewith affix my hand and 
a4 the Seal of our Lodge, this — day of 





a aN 


Dw acrototSe 

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge require its Subordinates 
to furnish its Past Officers with a copy of the following cer- 
tificate : 





This is to certify that our well beloved Brother 
has served the regular term of Lodge, No. — and 
is entitled to the above named Degrees. 











~~ Given under our hand, and the Seal of our Lodge. 


day of 


be 


Ta this 





NV. G. 
Sec’y. 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary receive one hundred 
dollars for services per annum, 





NE Se 








342 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1850. 


Resolved, That the next Annual Communication of this 
Grand Lodge be held in the Hall of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, in 
the city of Raleigh, on the second Wednesday in May next, 
and that our Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the Uni- 
ted States, be instructed to ask the consent a that Grand 
Body thereto.—{ Passed. May, 1848.]—(p. 172.) 


Resolved. That the Resolution passed at the last session of 
the Grand Lodge, assessing a tax of five per cent upon Ini- 
tiations, Degrees, &c., be so construed as to take effect from 
and after the first day of January, 1848.—(p. 193.) 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary, under the direction 
of the Grand Master, forward to P. G. M., John Campbell, 
fifty dollars to be applied to educating and clothing the son 
of Bro. Archibald Boyd, dec’d, a member in good standing, of 
Weldon Lodge, No. 1, at the time of surrendering their char- 
ter to the Grand Lodge.—(p. 195.) 


Resolved, That the price of withdrawal and travelling cards 
charged by this Grand Lodge to her Subordinates, be hereaf- 
ter fixed at 6 1-4 cents.—(p. 196.) 


Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master shall, and he is 
hereby empowered to appoint from among the Past Grands 
of each Subordinate Lodge in the State, an Installing Officer, 
whose duty it shall be to install the several Officers of his 
Lodge, as well as to receive all correspondence from the G. 
M., relating to the P. W.’s, for each term and the said In- 
stalling Officer shall not communicate the P. W. to the said 
Lodge or proceed to invest the Officers with their authority 
until he is satisfied that the provisions of the Ist section of the 
18th Article of the R. W. Grand Lodge of North Carolina is 
complied with.—(p. 197.) 

Resolved, That the action of the Grand Master in granting 
a dispensation to Winchester Lodge, No. 16, to change the 
time of meeting from Friday to Saturday; and also, dispensa- 
tions to Neuse Lodge, No. 6, and Phalanx Lodge, No 10, to 
hold their regular meetings on Tuesday nights during Court 
weeks, be approved by ene Grand Lodge.—(p. 197.) 

Resolved, That the dispensation granted Eureka Lodge, No. 


1850. ] GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 348 


7, tohave Lectures delivered for the good of the Order be 
approved.—(p. 197.) 

Resolved, That inasmuch as Article Ist, Sec. 11, Division 
3, page 45 of the Digest requires that State Grand Lodges 
shall enact laws to restrict processions and public displays in 
regalia within their respective jurisdictions, and to regulate 
the delivery of Lectures upon matters connected with the 
Order, be it therefore,—(p. 197.) 


Resolved, That no Subordinate Lodge within this juris- 
diction shall have any procession or public display in Regalia 
(funeral occasions excepted) without permission first had and 
obtained from the Grand Lodge or Grand Master.—(p. 198.) 


Resolved further, ‘That no Subordinate Lodge within this 
jurisdiction shall have any public address or atten without 
permission first had and obsained from the Grand Lodge. or 
Grand Master. But they may be allowed to have private ad- 
dresses or lectures (not oftener than once a month) delivered 
in the Lodge room by one of their own members.—(p. 198.) 


Resolved, That as the members composing a Subordinate 
Lodge shall each pay into the funds of such Lodge a sum not 
less than 64 cents per week: Therefore, no Subordinate 
Lodge has the power to exempt any of its members from the 
payment of weekly dues, without the consent of the Grand 


Lodge.—(p. 199.) 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to trans- 
mit, immediately after their reception, to each Subordinate 
Lodge, a copy of the Journal of the Proceedings of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States.—(p. 207.) 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be and he is hereby 
instructed to forward toeach Subordinate Lodge within this 
jurisdiction, one or more copies of the “General Laws” as 
soon as practicable after the adjournment of this Body.— 


(p. 210.) 


Resolved, 'That all Subordinate Ledges within this juris- 
diction are particularly enjoined to make their Constitution 
and By-Laws conform to the “General Laws,” and to for- 


344 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE {1850. 


ward a copy to this Grand Lodge at its next communication. 
(p. 210.) 

Resolved, That all monies due the Grand Lodge from Sub- 
ordinate Lodges shall be paid to the Grand Secretary, who 
shall keep an account of the same, and pay over the amounts 
received to the Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt for the 
same. 


Resolved, That the Representative to the Grand Lodge of 
the United States be instructed to enquire of that Grand Body 
how an Odd Fellow, whose withdrawal card has expired, 
shall proceed to connect himself with a Lodge.—(p. 211.) 


Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to pur- 
chase a Seal Press for the Grand Lodge, on as good terms as 
possible.—(p. 217.) 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to pur- 
chase Jewels of Office for the Officers of the Grand Lodge, 
I. O. O. F., State of North Carolina.—(p. 217) 


Resolved, That for the year 1849, Subordinate Lodges un- 
der the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be assessed and 
required to pay over to the Installing Officer five per cent on 
their initiations, degrees, deposit cards and dues.—(p. 217.) 

Resolved, That the Funeral Regalia, described page 30 of 
the Digest, be adopted as Funeral Regalia until this Grand 
Lodge orders differently —(p. 217.) 

Resolved, That the R. W. Grand Secretary and R. W. 
Grand Treasurer be required to make an official report at the 
commencement of each Annual Communication of this 
Grand Lodge.—(p. 277.) 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to keep 
a regular account with the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
so as to prevent further confusion in the accounts of this 
Grand Lodge with that Body.—(p. 287.) 

Resolved, That the necessary expenses of the Representatives 
in thisGrand Lodge be hereafter paid by the Grand Lodge. 


Resolved, That in order to raise a fund to carry into effect 
the foregoing resolution, the dues from Subordinate Lodges 


1850. | GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 345 
to this Grand Body be raised to ten per centum on their rev- 
enue, for the fiscal year, 1850.—(p. 288.) 

Resolved, That Past Grand Wm. D. Cooke, be authorized 
to publish a uniform edition of Proceedings of this Grand 
Lodge, at his own expense; and that a committee of three 
be appointed to supervise said publication, and make report 
of their proceedings to the next Annual Communication of 
the Grand Lodge.—(p. 289.) 

Resolved, That said Committee be authorized to subscribe 
for one Hundred and Fifty copies: Provided, That the cost of 
Printing and Binding the same does not exceed one dollar 
and fifty cents per copy.—(p. 289.) 

Hextract from the Report of the Committee on Returns 
§c.—The Committee have observed that very few of the 
Lodges report their total revenue, but exclude that portion 
which is not subject to assessment. 

Your Committee recommend that the Grand Secretary 
instruct the Lodges to report the whole revenue under the 
proper head, and the portion appropriated to the Widows 
and Orphans and Education ina separate column. The Re- 
perts willthen present a true statement of the receipts of the 
Subordinates, which they do not at present exhibit—an idea 
appearing to prevail that it is only necessary to report such 
amount as is subject to the Grand Lodge tax. | 

Your Committee would also recommend that the Lodges be 
required to assess the sum due the Grand Lodge upon the total 
amount of dues charged at the close of each term, (after de- 
ducting such amount as may be exempt from taxation by law.) 
At present, many, perhaps a majority, pay the per cent. only 
upon cash actually received. Of course, if the Subordinates 
are remiss in the collection of their dues, the finances of the 
Grand Lodge must suffer in proportion to the extent of that 
remissness. 

The Committee recommend the adoption of the accompany- 
ing resolution : 

Resolved, That all Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction 
are hereby required to make out their returns in accordance 
with the suggestions of the above Report.—(p. 291.) 


wy) 
& 


346 SOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE G.L. N. cc. [1850. 


esolved, That we deem it unnecessary and impolitic at this 
time, to make any appropriation towards the erection of the 
Washington Monument, it being believed that the members of 
this body as well also of Subordinate Lodges have contribu- 
ted and will contribute individually to said object.—(p. 291.) 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to pro- 
cure two suits of Regalia, to be used by the Grand Represen- 
tatives of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, while attend- 
ing the G. L. U. 8.—(292.) 

Resolved, That it is the duty of this Grand Lodge to fur- 
nish each of its Subordinates with a Question Book, and that 
the Grand Secretary be instructed to procure the same and 
present a copy to each Lodge, and that at the opening of any 
new Lodge hereafter, they be furnished with a copy with 
the books of the Order, free of charge—(p. 294.) 

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to have 
five hundred copies of the Journal of the Proceedings of this 
Grand Lodge for the present session published, and distribute 
them among the Subordinate Lodges as soon as practicable. 
(p. 295.) 

Resolved, That it is competent for a Past Grand in this 
jurisdiction to open and preside over a neighboring Lodge, in 
the absence of all the qualified officers of said Lodge ; but he 
shall not be entitled to vote on any question.—(p. 295.) 


AN ADDRESS 
DELIVERED “AT 
THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE 
| ) OF THE 


ASYLUM FOR, THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND, 


IN THE 


eid 


ORY OF RALELGH, oN: Oyo. 


ON THE 


Fourteenth April, 1848, 


BY REV. SAMUEL S: BRYANT. 


RALEIGH: 


PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE STAR. 





1848, 


CORRES POW D Eee. 


RarLeran, Apri 14, 1848. 
Dean Sin—The undersigned have been appointed’ a Committee by the 
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, under the subjoined resolution, to request 
for publication-a copy of the very excellent Addtess, delivered before that 
body, at the laying of the Corner-Stone of ine Asylum for the Deaf and 
Dumb, April 14, 1848. 
With every sentiment of respect and esteem, we remain yours, Sc. 
dt MA LOVEJOR, 
4. W: D. HAYWOOD, 
“ \ THEODORE PATRIDGE. 


Tothe Rev. S. S. Bryant. ° 





RESOLUTION. 
Masonic Hall, April 14, 1848. 
Bro. Kennetu Rayner submitted the following Resolution, 


which was unanimously adopted: 


- 

Resolved That we have listened with pleasure and gratification to the 
very able and beautiful Address delivered this day by the Rev. Bro. Samuel 
S. Bryant, on the occasion of laying the corner stone of the building intend- 

ed for the deaf, dumb and blind, in this citys and that he be requested to 
furnish a copy of the same for publication. 





Newbern, April 21,1848. 

Gentlemen—The kind and earnest manner of the request of the Grand 
Lodge, that I would furnish a copy of my address delivered at the laying of 
the cornerstone of the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Biind, together with 
the hope that it may effzct some good, has determined me to change the pur~ 
pose I had formed not to put to press any production of mine. 

To yield, however, in this instance, as I do reluctantly, subjects me to 
some misgivings, as I canzot hope now to present my thoughts-on that occa- 
sionin the same dress in which they were delivered. T'he scene, you know, 
was imposing, and the circumstances so exciting, as to lead me into paths 
not previously traversed in my written notes; consequently many of. the 
ideas which were presented to the audience may have passed away with the 
causes which originated them. 

I submit to you the result of my best efforts, under the pressure of other 
engagements, to furnish you a copy of the address, with the request that you 
will scan it rigidly, and if it should be found wanting in any of its original 
attributes, you will confer a special favor by giving it any other direction than 
to the printer, 

Accept my best wishes for your bealth and happiness. 

Very respectfully, 8. 8. BRYANT; 


AN ADDRESS. 


‘Tue occasion which has called us together, is one of peculiar 
interest. | We assemble to witness the ceremony of laying the 
corner-stone of a building designed by the State of North Caroli- 
na to be devoted to the Instruction of the Deaf, the Dumb, and 
the Blind. 

To many of you, this array of scarfs and of aprons will appear 
idle, perhaps, or useless, and these peculiar rites may be destitute 
of meaning: you will therefore permit me to make such explana- 
tion of these forms as, in the circumstances, seem to be necessary. 

The ceremonies you have just witnessed, as conducted by 
the Grand Master of the order of Freemasons in this State, have 
come down tous from ancient times. ‘They had their origin in 
an age when men were accustomed openly to recognize their de- 
pendence on Almighty God, for success in any important enter- 
prize; when sovereigns and subjects together assembled, made pub- 
lic declaration of trust in a superintending Providence. With 
this intent, these forms were used at the commencement of all 
public buildings, whether of Church or State. 

I need not stop to ask, if, with all its progression and improve- 

ment, the world has grown wise enough to dispense with a reli- 
ance on the great Creator, or to inquire if there has yet been found 
a better way than by solemn public declaration to make known 
our trust in that Arm which ean aid to build or stay the builder— 
in that goodness and mercy that can bring to a happy and success- 
ful issue, efforts and plans which we may dare to present before 
God as worthy of his blessing. 
_ The corner-stone is at once the support and the binding stone 
of the building. Here, then, first of all, we look to see if that be 
“¢ well formed, true and trusty.’? Having thus used our best skill 
to commence right, we ask in humble confidence the blessing of 
God upon the labor of our hands. 

These rites impressed great truths upon the mind through the 
medium of symbols and the power of association; and we con- 
tinue their observance because we can find no better: Therefore 


4 
as inancient times, we pour upon the stone, corn and wiINE and 
OIL. 

The Corn isa symbol of the nourishment necessary for bodily 
support, imparting strength for the labors of life; that daily bread, 
which, in the inimitable form of prayer Christ left us, we are 
taught to ask our Heavenly Father to give us. 

The Wine represents those delights and comforts by which we 
are permitted to lighten toil; and, refreshed in spirit and renewed 
in hope, are enabled to gird our loins for the new coming struggle, 
and meet, in turnas they come, afflictions and cares. But as the 
wine is poured out sparingly, we should remember never to permit 
pleasure to trespass on duty; and to reflect, that as the wine may 
* become a mocker,”’ so may pleasure turn to poison on the heart. 

The Oil denotes dependence upon Ged, for the blessings of 
peace and prosperity, good government and religion. From the 
time that the dove brought back to Noah in the Ark the green leaf 
of the olive, has this tree and its fruits been used as the symbol 
of peace and prosperity. ‘Then went the patriarch out and stood 
on the renewed earth; then the rainbow of promise was spread 
out on the bosom of the departing cloud. And from the day 
when the prophet of Jehovah poured the oil of anointing on the 
head of the first King of Israel, has it been used to signify depen- 
dence on God to direct national counsels to right and happy issues, 
and to control and avert national calamities. Jacob slept upon the 
plain of Bethel, and there was given to him the vision of the lad- 
der connecting Earth and Heaven, upon which the angels ascend- 
ed and descended, and the voice of the Lord broke the quiet of his 
slumbers. In the morning, he raised his head from the stone on 
which it had rested, and he exclaimed, “surely the Lord is in this 
place;”’ and he set up the stone for a pillar of remembrance, ‘and 
poured oil upon it, and worshipped God.”” So, by this act, we ac. 
knowledge our religious obligation, and say, with the patriarch, 
“If God will be with me and keep me in the way thatI go, and 
will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so thatI come a- 
gain to my. father’s house in peace, then the Lerd shall be my 
God.” 

Such was the ancient meaning of these ceremonies, and such is 


5 
the meaning now. “They were observed in laying the foundation 
of eur own beautiful Capitol, and of our cherished University; 
with these ceremonies was laid the corner-stone of the Capitol of 
our Union, by the illustrious Washington, bearing the gavel, and 
clothed with the badges of a Mason; and surely they will not be 
deemed inappropriate to the commencement of this Institution, the 
offspring of sound legislation and Christian benevolence. 

But why dees Freemasonry claim the peculiar guardianship ci 
these ancient rituals? Because it is her right, and the legitimate 
work of the Order. 

In the history of Masonry, there are three distinct eras—the 
first may be classed as operative, the second scientific, and the 
third speculative. 

Within the limits of the ancient kingdom of Tyre, stands Jebi- 
el, now a mere village of huts, yet stiJl a place where broken co- 
lumns and crumbling towers tell the story of former magnificence 
and power. This is all that remains of Gebal or Byblus, the 
dwelling place, in the days of Pheenician glory, ofthe most cele- 
brated Architects of the age. These are the ‘“‘stone-squarers’’ nam- 
ed in the Bible, I. Kings, v c. 18 v., in Hebrew called ha- giblim, 
or men of Gebal, who were employed by Solomon in the erection 
of the Temple. After full investigation, I have no doubt but that 
here, and with these men originated the order or brotherhood of 
Masonry.* 

These Lodges, when first instituted, served to unite in a com. 
mon bond operative men, the real workmen. ‘The object of the 
association was two-foll—to secure mutual relief and assistance 
in the time of distress or danger, andto preserve the mysteries of 
their craft from the knowledge of all but those who, by regular 
apprenticeship, were entitled to know them. To prevent imposi- 
tion, they framed a system of words and signs known only to the 





* I am not writing the history of Masonry, tut merely presenting conclu- 
sions, of the truth of which there is satisfactory evidence to my own mind, 
In an address like this I cannot, of course, be expected to go into a detail of 
evidence. I will only say that I make no remarks at random concerning the 
antiquity of this association. I will also say here, that my remarks on Mar 
sonry in this address, ace confined to the fist three Degrecs, 


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craft, and so arranged that even the grade and dignity of each could 
at will, and with ease be made manifest. 

It appears absurd to some that we should claim Solomon, King 
Israel, and Hiram, King of Tyre, as members, and even masters 
of these Lodges; but certainly it does not require a great degree of 
faith to believe, that such ardent patrons of the arts as these kings 
are known to have been, were joined in that bond of brotherhood; 
when almost in our own times George 1V of England and Frederick 
the Great of Prussia, two of the proudest of the sovereigns of Eu- 
rope, were Grand Masters of the Order. 

There is a circurnstance connected with the association of these 
kings, Hiram and Solomon, with the other Hiram, the widow’s son, 
the chief architect of the Temple, that, happening as it did in that 
‘dispensation of types and shadows and expressly statedas it is 
in the Bible, seems to me must be more than accidental. Solc- 
mon was an Israelite, and Hiram (the king) was a Gentile. It 
was a strange union for that age, having as it did for its object 
the erection of a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel. But there 
is more than this. Hiram the architect was the son of a Tyrian 
father and a Hebrew mother, (1 Kings 7th e. 14 v.) thus rep- 
resenting in his own person both Jew and Gentile, Did this 
shadow forth Gods purpose, in the fulness of time to break down 
the middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile? ‘That the 
God of the Temple thus erected, designed, that through the rent 
veil the light of lite should beam out from the mercy seat and 
shine to the very ends of the earth? Light! how dear is the 
sound of that word to the mason. For all, may it ever spring up 
in the time of darkness. 


We are approaching the second or Scientific period of the 
association. ‘The ‘Temple was completed, the workmen scattered, 
but they did not forget the “‘mystic tie’; indeed dispersed as they 
were, it was of more value than before. 

From an ancient manuscript discovered by the celebrated John 
Locke in the Bodleian Library, confirmed by another in the Syri- 
ac character, translated by Frederick the Great, we learn that 
Masonry was brought from the East and established in Italy by 
Pythagoras. This celebrated Philosopher and Geometrician was 


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born at Samasin the year B. ©. 524.* He travelled much and 
enriched his mind with every kind of useful learning. In his 
hands Masonry became a science. ‘The Fellow Craft’s degree 
now bears the impress of his mind. Not then as now could a 
- candidate rush through his degrees in a week or a month: then he 
had work to do—a trial of five years was required before he could 
rise from one step to another, and those years must be passed in 
silence. 

Firmly established in Italy, the Lodges prospered greatly, and 
combined in their labors and instructions, both the arts andthe 
sciences. About the close of the 8th century, “the exclusive mon- 
opoly in Christian Architecture was conceded by the Popes to 
the Masons of Como, then, and for ages afterwards, when the 
title of Magistri Comacini had long been absorbed in that of free 
and accepted masons, associated as a craft or brotherhood in art 
and friendship—a distinct and powerful body composed eventu- 
ally of all nations concentring the talent of each successive gene- 
ration, with all the advantages of accummulated: experience and 
constant mutual communication, imbued moreover in that age of 
faith with the deepest Christian reverence, and retaining these ad- 
vantages unchallenged till their proscription inthe 15th or 16th 
centuryt.”’ 3 

Masonry as now organized, is an association of men ina pecu- 
liar bond of friendship, for mutual assistance and general benev- 
olence. Inthe language of Lord Durham, it is an institution “that 
powerfully developes all social and benevolent affections—miti- 
gates without the Lodge and annihilates within, the virulence of 
political and theological controversy, and affords a neutral ground 
on which allranks and classes can meet in perfect equality, and 
associate without degradation or mortification, whether for pur: 
poses of moral instruction or of social intercourse.’’ It is termed 
speculative, because it is not now confined to operative or strictly 
scientific men, and only uses the implements of the mechanic arts 
as symbols, to illustrate and enforce great moral truths. It has its 





- *See Rollin’s Anct. History for a full account of this great and good man, 
the glory ofhis age and country. 
{History of Christian Art by Lord Lindsay pub. London 1847. 


An article on this work may be found in the North British Review Nov’r, 
1847: 


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seeret words and signs and forms, not differing materially from 
those originally used by the architects of Byblus, and the crafts- 
menofthe Temple. While theseare useful to the mason, the 
knowledge of them would be valueless to others; and we possess, 
I trust, sufficient moral courage, to remain unmoved by the carp- 
ings or sneers of any, desirous from a morbid curiosity to know 
what does not concern them. Further than the declaration of 
the object of association, and principles of action, masonry chooses 
to make no explanations. It must be tested by its fruits. It 
stands before the world to be judged, as every other institution 
should be, by an enlightened public opinion; and Iam free to say, 
if it produces no good fruits, ifit shall be found to have no higher 
object, than to exhibit gay badges and glittering jewels on some 
day of festival, IT care net how soon its time-honored name is 
blotted from the earth. 
- Jet itbe distinctly understood, that masonry is not religion.— 
It claims no power to give peace and purity to the heart of sin, 
Dut in a lower office, seeks to lighten the toil of the careworn, 
and administer comfort in the house of want. A single remark 
will establish this position.’ Woman has no place in our Lodges, 
no access to our Altars; and do we deny to hey the consolations 
ofreligion? ‘The thought is anabsurdity. But why is the Lodge 
élosed against Woman? For the reason that the work of the 
Lodge is not suitable to the position she holds in society. When 
her nature, and the views of men are so changed that woman shall 
have a place in our Legislatures, and officiate in our Courts of 
Law, wheii she shall wielda trowel on the builder’s scaffold, take 
part in the sailor’s stern strife with wave and tempest, or follow 
the war drum to the field of battle, then may itbe proper to open 
ithe Lodge for her reception. It cannot be that Woman is reject- 
ed from fear for the safety of our mysteries, when we so willingly 
confide to her keeping our hearts, and our homes. — 

The principles of the order are Brotherly Love, Relief and 
Truth. When we fail to practice these virtues as well as profess 
them, our landmarks willbe swept away and our strength pal- 
sied. Itis only when these are neglected or forgotten, that the 
sneer of the scorner can affect us, or the taunt of prejudice harm: 
true to ourselves, we are safe; but if faithless, what wonder if we 


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wither, under the just rebuke, and merited contempt of. the wise 
and good. 

Brethren, let not the world judge masonry to be like the wild 
vine of our forests, though its clinging tendrils may aptly repre- 
sent friendship, and its thick, leafy mantle and beautiful flowers, 
are emblems of prosperity. Its beauty may perish in an hour; 
and then only be remembered as a drapery covering from sight 
the worthless trunk of some rotten tree. Shall our cherished or- 
der of mercy, have the wormand corruption in its heart? Nor 
yet the Oak, monrch of the woods though it be, may stand as 
the symbol of our association. Deep as its roots may strike into 
the earth, high as its straight, strong column may rise, broad as it 
may cast the shadow of its graceful crown; yet with the waning 
year its leaves are withered, and its branches broken by the storm. 
Our institution should possess a beauty and a strength more en- 
during than this. Rather let itbe a building, of which thou art 
the builder; lay the square foundation on the base of Fortitude, 
‘Temperance, Prudence and Justice; build up with substantial char- 
ities, and the granite of Truth, eemented by Love—build it as the 
time-defying pyramid is builded, which more and more as it 
rises higher from the earth, gathers in itself until its heaven as. 
piring, concentrated point, presents itself fearlessly to the career- 
ing storm;—a building, which shall'stand a thousand years in the 
future, as it has stood a thousand years in the past, even though 
the earthquake heaves convitilsive at its base. Let it stand a way- 
mark mid the world’s desert sands, to point the weary where he 
‘may find, that despite the thousand separations in society, and 
the cold polish of its heartless forms, that there 1s yet one spot, 


where 
Man feels brother unto man.” 


And yet this is notallof duty. Go find thy brother, make pro- 
vision for him in affliction, but remember, more than masonry is 
required of thee. There is yeta higher way-mark which God 
himself hath set up,—the cross—radiant with living light, beam- 
ing from the risen Sun of Righteousness! ‘There thou mayst 
learn, and only there, not merely that man is thy brother, but that 
the Almighty Jehovah will be thy Father, and that thou mayst be- 
come his child, and an inheritor of an eternal, and a blessed life. 


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The Bible is my glorying, my confidence, my hope; so let 
it be with you. The Christ it declares is the only light of the 
world, the religion it inculeates its oniy salvation. Let these 
lesser instrumentalities perform their office; let these human as- 
sociations go on with their work of mercy, and dry the widow’s 
and the orphan’s tears, but above all this let the heart fix itself on 
God. Man may say to his fellow, “be thou warm’d and fed and 
clothed,’’ and it shall be done, and the “blessing of him that was 
ready to perish” shall come upon him; but God alone can say to 
the aching heart “I will give thee rest:’’ from heaven alone comes 
that sweet, heart cheering word, “The poor have the Gospel 
preach’d unto them.’’ Systems of philosophy rise and fall, plans 
of policy crowd upon each other through succeeding ages, but 
Christianity alone, hasa Gospel for the poor. No system of 
false religion has ever permitted Lazarus to come nearer than the 
gate; none thought of providing an asylum for the unfortunate; 
but now, when we read the inspired and glowing page of the Pro- 
phet, we stay not in admiration of its sublimity, nor linger de- 
lighted with its beautiful imagery—no; the thought is busy with 
the fulfilled prediction—figure has become fact, and astonished, 
we see that it is almost as literally as it is spiritually true, that, 

«the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf 

shall be unstopped, the Jame man shall leap as an hart, and the 

| tongue of the dumb shall sing.”? What heart does not beat with 
a quickened pulsation, to think how much iscommitted to our in- 
strumentality, in the work of Christian benevolence? How like 
the Master’s miracles it seems, to- take the mind shrouded long 
years in darkness, its best estate a feeble twilight glimmer, gently 
open the locked sense, and let in-upon it, like a new creation, the 
light of the knowledge of God and of relative duties, motives and 
responsibilities! Oh what a holy elevation is given to the child 
of misfortune! how changed his destiny! 

KR I will not enter upon the consideration of the benefits resulting 
from the instruction of the deaf and dumb, especially as you will 
to-night have the privilege to hear an address from one* who has 
devoted many years of his life to this work, and is familiar with 





*H.P. Peet, Esq., President of the “ New York Institution for the In« 
struction of the Deaf and Dumb,” 


it 


the subject in all its bearings; but I cannot well refrain from a re- 
mark, in relation to a young gentleman now connected with your 
own Institution as a Teacher. I knew him whenhe wasa boy; 
I was led to notice him more particularly because he was depriv- 
ed of speech and hearing: then he exhibited marks of more than 
ordinary powers of mind; but he was impetuous, passionate and 
difficult to control. All sympathized with the sprightly but un- 
fortunate boy; but could sympathy instruct him, prepare him for 
usefulness, save him? After several years’ absence, I returned to 
the village where his parents 1esided, and while there, passing 
down the street in company with a friend, a young man of an 
open and intelligent countenance and quiet, gentlemanly bearing, 
passed by, smiled andbowed to me. Who is he? I enquired. 
Have you forgotten young Albright?—-It seemed to me impossible 
that this quiet polished young man could have so soon grown out 
of that wild, impetuous boy. What a change—it was asif the 
wand of enchantment had passed over him. He stood before me 
educated, intellectually and morally, prepared tor usefulness and 
happiness. It was the result of the instruction received in a 
school for the Deaf and Dumb. 

I remember too—long will I remember, the simple story of an 
interesting little blind girl of New Jersey, related by a clergyman 
of the City of New York. She had never seen the blessed sun 
light; never looked upon the fields and flowers, father or mother. 
The school tor the blind was opened to her; there very soon by 
passing her little fingers over the raised letters, the sense of feel- 
ing being thus substituted for sight, she learned to read the word 
of God; and so eager was she for knowledge that day and _ night 
she read on, (the darkness and the light were both alike to her,) 
until her tender fingers were so worn that the blood followed their 
passage over the page. It was necessary to bind up her hands 
till they were healed. Tobe thus suddenly debarred, even for a 
time, from her delightful employment, was almost too much for 
her to bear: bitterly she wept, and clasped her loved book to her 
heart. In the intensity of her grief she impressed a_ kiss on the 
rough lettered page, and found she could read with her lips. It 
was enough, the new found happiness was complete. 

‘This occasion and this assembly marks the triumph ef Chris- 


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tianity over selfishness. ‘lhe corner stone of an Institution has 
been laid, within whose walls the blind child shall be enabled to 
see God and walk in the light of an undying hope. Here, the 
Deaf shall receive the lessons of wisdom and the Dumb shall 
i on the iaw of the Lord. May the cap stone be laid in 
| peace, and God's blessing rest on the Institution forever. 

I will not conclude these remarks, without presenting a few 
thoughts bearing upon other interests of the State,—duties which 
we regard not only of general but universal obligation. 

Let us at least, give our people credit for the good deeds they 
have performed, the good works they have accomplished. I 
Know that some beyond our borders affect to look down upon our 
State, from some fancied elevation,—perhaps they arrogate to 
themselves a superior wit and sagacity in the matters of trade and 
commerce; some again, may boast themselves possessors of all 
the chivalry known to the world since the days of Edmund Burke; 
while others plume themselyes upon the inheritance of “all the 
blood of all the Howards.” Be this as it may, with smiling sel 
satisfaction they agree to sneer at our old-time simplicity, and 
ridicule our dullness, our want of sense to appreeiate the benefits 
of their plans of improvement, as often as otherwise, falsely so 
called. Be it so, still we have some consolation left us; wild 
schemes of speculation have not made us insolvent, and the com- 
fort of our homes is not disturbed by dark visions of fearfully 


long and heavy tax bills in the hands of an importunate Sheriff. 


North Carolina has never yet sought in vain among her children, 
for men, wise in counsel, brave in arms, and strong in moral and 
religious integrity. But we have moved too slow; this is an age 
of progress, if not of improvement; —the old road wagon cannot 
compete with the steam car. We have been too remiss even in 
the effort to develope the ample recources we possess, and con- 
sequently we have failed fo reach that point of improvement, and 
height of prosperity, we might otherwise have attained. 

Much has been done in our State to supply the means of both 
male and female Education, by schools so diversified as to reach 
the wants ofall classes and even to harmonize with the honest 
prejudices of any portion of the people. ‘The Legislature, the 
Churches, associations, and individuals have in turn labored in 
this cause, and the result is one of blessing. Will you look at 


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what has been done for female education on just one line of road 
not more than one hundred miles in length? Begin at Raleigh: 
here the Baptist has “Sedgwick’’ and the Protestant Episcopalian 
“St. Mary’s.’? Goonto Greensboro’ 80 miles, there the Presby- 
terians patronize “Edgeworth,’’ which a fence only separates from 
the ample grounds of the “Female College,” (fully what its name 
imports) built by the Methodists five miles further you may see 
the handsome College erected by the “Society of Friends;’’ and 
intwenty three miles more you reach the long established Sem- 
inary af the Moravians atSalem. These are ail more than Acad- 
emies, as that word is understand. I consider it one of the most 
admirable features ot these schools that they are under the super- 
vision and control of the Churches; thus providing a guarantee 
that the morals willbe protected and the mind and the heart be e- 
qually cultivated. I am not‘afraid of sectarianism in this appli- 
cation of its influence; nor am I fearful that our children will 
possess too much piety. 

To day, we lay the corner stone ot an institution for the educa- 
tion of the Deaf, the Dumb, and the Blind; and the Masonic Fra- 
ternity are now endeavoring to establish a school of charity for the 
children who are under their peculiar charge. 

Last named, though not least in importance or interest, is the 
system of Common Schools, which the State has so well and so 
wisely commenced—commenced, not completed. Much has been 
already accomplished, and yct there is much to be done, before 
that great work shall reach the point of perfection and usefulness, 
we all so ardently desire, 

Let no man who is indeed a well wisher to his country, trea! 
lightly this important matter. ‘True, there is no air of grandeur 
about the little school house by the way-side, no array of profes- 
sorships, no long list of mysterious sciences, to attract the superti- 
cial; and yet this system, humble as it may scem, lies at the very 
foundation of our progress and our prosperity. Common Schools— 
aye, let them be common, socommon that they may be found in 
every settlement, in reach of the children of al/ our people; so 
common, that the laugh of the boy, ringing out from one _play- 
ground, may mect and mingle with the glad.shout from are‘*or. 


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Free Schools—yes, let them indeed be free, and nurseries of free- 
dom. ‘The house you build may not be large enough for the uses 
of aristocracy; you will find there no young gentlemen by bre~ 
vel; no young ladies by eourtesy—they are boys and girls, own” 
ing no distinctions other than dig boys and /ittle boys, and the 
head and the foot of the class. I have looked on them, gathered 
at their lessons, or in the freedom of play, and thought here are the 
future rulers of the land; here are those who ere long will control 
the ballot-box, to whose keeping we must commit all we hold 
dear—liberty, morals, religion, all! And here must the character 
be moulded of the children of the people; here must be laid the 
foundations of knowledge and right principles. ‘That humble ca- 
bin is a bulwark of freedom. ; 

One of the most essential points to be secured in the prosecu- 
tion of this work, is an efficient head; andI trust that I shall be 
excused for saying, that I thought it was much to be regretted, 
that a Superintendent was not appointed at the last session of the 
Legislature, according to the recommendation of the Governor in 
his message. Such an appointment, especially in the infancy of 
the system, may almost be considered indispensable to success. 
When every thing is new, ail are ignorant of ways and means, 
and every thingis to be learned; and it certainly seems to bea 
wise policy, for the State to select some gentleman competent to 
ihe duty, (which would not be difficult,) whose time and energies 
might be devoted, at least for a few years, to the special work ot 
establishing these Schools upon the best plan known to the expe- 
rience of those States and countries, who have given to this sub- 
ject the thought and labor of years. If economy of time, unifor- 
mity of plan, stability, or the results of experience, are worthy of 
consideration, the salary required for such an officer will hardly 
be suffered to embarrass the question of his appointment. I would 
say nothing calculated to weaken your attachment to academies and 
colleges; but none should be more highly prized, or engage more 
hearty and persevering action, than the Common Schools. 

* % ** * # * * 

Our fathers cherished inthe olden time a principle of paitriot- 
ism, Which I fearis now considered unfashionable—I mean the 
love of home, of the State which our fathers loved, the soil where 


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they lived and died. Has not the distant land 2 charm strongly 
tempting us away from'the shelter of the old roof-tree? Are we 
not easily reconciled to sit down among strangers, careless of old 
associations? Oh! we are drying up one of the purest streams 
that ever flowed from the deep well-springs of affection; we are 
breaking the strongest links of friendship that bind man to his fel- 
low. Pause!—Carolina claims her children——voices from the 
dead, the past, the future, all bidus pause. What though vast un- 
broken forests itt the West give shelter and home to herds of the 
deer, the elk, and the buffaloe; what though the flower-decked, 
measureless prairie stretches away beyond the vision, its tall grass 
waving to the wind: like the waters of an inland sea; what though 
giant rivers sweep on their course to the ocean, swelledby an 
hundred tributary streams from vally & mountain; is the friend of 
thy boyhood there, or the grave of the mother that loved thee? Is 
the altar of thy baptism there, or the Church where the old neigh- 
bors gathered to worship? What avails it all to the heart? Let 
not Oregon or California or any other far off land tempt us away: 
here be our homes while we live, here our grave when we die.* 

I know that circumstances do frequently arise to justify and 
even demand a change of residence; but as a general principle, I 
think all will admit that the course of Carolinians should be, to build 
up the institutions of the State and add to them others of value, 
renew the face of the country by improved methods of agriculture, 
reclaim the lands so much worn, and above all, settle it in the heart 
that the Old North State is home. 

The question ‘will it pay?”’ is the first that presents itself to 
the prudent and the calculating man. Prudence and energy will 
secure, under the blessing of Heaven, ample returns any where: in 
the east or the west, if we would reap we must sow, if we would 
hope for wealth, we must labor. Our State possesses lands of all 
variations of value; from the mountains to the sea-board, beautiful 
water-falls await the occupation of the manufacturer; and even 


*Remember the question of the illustrious Washington, “Why should we 
quit our own to stand on foreign ground??’— Why should we? 


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the poorest soils within our limitst present ample resources to 
the man of energy. On the very borders of the wide reaching 
sand plains, forests ofthe longleaf Pine, asthe wind moves a- 
mong their tall tops, wave continual invitations to industry, to gath- 
er their wealth; and the cold Slate and the harder flint rock, cover 
the deposite of Gold or piont the hiding place of the Silver, the 
fron and the Coal. What is required more than the determination 
to develope the resources we already abundantly possess? 

Emigration has been our bane; it has broken up old associations, 
and scattered never to be reunited many elements of our prosper- 
ity. We mistrust the permanency of any plan of improvement, 
and fear the foundation willbe destroyed even before the super- 
structure is completed. | And shall thiseontinue? Will not the 
spirit of the fathers and the children alike forbid it? Will we not 
rally to the rescue of our lovedland? Believe you that thereis hap- 
piness only in western wilds, and that contentinent builds her bow- 
ers only by the western streams? Ah! I often think that the emigrant 
of Carolina, who has been tempted westwrad by some day-dream of 
a Vale of Paradise, or the glittering Visions of an El-dorado, catch- 
mg strange enthusiasm from the shouts pealing from the erowded al- 
tars of the Golden Calf, the world will still so fondly worship,—I 
think that, there even supposing him successful, as he looks out upon 
the broad and fleecy cotton-fields, while faintly falls upon his ear the 
sound of the negro’s songas he feeds with the rich cane the busy su- 
gar-mill, even there he who has settled his new hezrthstone deepest, 
broadest, will find his heart going back to the home of his breth- 
ren and the graves of his inte euiti he is sadto think that he 
ghall see them in reality no more. Aye—his heart yearns for the 
sight of the tall, familiar turpentine tree, or his thoughts return to 
the deep shaded valleys of his mountainhome. It spreads out 
hefore him now; the sand where he played when a boy, where the old 
log school holtee stodd—even the broom-8traw where he started 
up the rabbitis remembered, until his eye is filled with tears; 
and the stern, world-grappling man is a little child again. Home 
is a holy place, and who that can love at all, while a solitary germ 
ef the better feeling is living within him, can ever forget! 

Can I doubt that you who gather around me here cherish in 
your inmost hearts an ardent affection for “your own, your native 
land??? Can I fear that you whé'have ab sinienl in laying the foun- 
dation of this institution of merey—which, may the God of mercy 
protect and prosper!—will be careless of the claims of country? No 
—never; Carolina is worthy pene love and of mine: let us cherish 
her as she has cherished us, and through all chances and changes 
cling to her still. 


;We might at least place ourselves i a position to adopt the reply of the 
nor.bern man to the stranger, who Jooking at the sterile Jand around him, 
asked, “What can you make here’? ‘Not much of produce,’ was the 
answer, “so we build School Houses and raise men. 





DELIVERED BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF “PIEDMONT LODGE,” 


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IN MORGANTON, ON THE 93p OCTOBER, 1800. 


BY Dr, J. A. DICKSON. 


Lincolnton, N. €. 
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ADDRESS. 


WAavDIES AND GENTLEMEN : 
In a country like this, no men, or bodies of men, can prosper loig, who entirely dis- 


| wegard the favor and estimation of the peaple ameng whom they live. The directand 


indirect power of the people, is quite sufficient to put down any association, which 
they may imagine hostile to them, or materially to interfere with the success of any in 
which they take no interest. Ewewif itwere not thus rendered almost necessary for all, 


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_atevould be peculiarly ‘proper fer associations, grofeasedly .for benevolent purposes, 


‘to cultivate the goed will of all around fem. 
In accordance with this belief, the members of a benevolent association appear be- 
fore you to-day, dressed in the garb, aud bearing the insignia pecaliar te them, and 


appealing to yeu fer a-share of attention and consideration. 


Our object is by ne means, fien, merely to display our showy decorations; nor, the’ 


| of this latter we meght well be proud, the respectability of our numbers and appearance. 


Nor do we mean'to levy anycontribetions aipon your purses—Nor.do we make any di- 

rect appeal, with the view of increasing our sruntvcrsand importance. Nor do we ap- 
pear before you to avert any threatened danger,. nor defend ourseives ‘from any spe- 
«ific charges—nor to meeter turn aside the torrent of a hostile public opinion. 
_ Yet, wethave an object, and an important one, in assembling you to-day, and ad- 
dressing you through a representative, on the subject of our Order. Conscious, as we 
are, both of eur own integrity of purpose, and of the high degree-of respect and.confi- 
dence m which our Society is‘held ‘by the.people, we have not forgotten that it is our 
duty to aveid “even the appearance of evil,” and we desire to forestall suspicion or oppo- 
sition, ‘by making a plain exposition of so much of our views and purposes as:itis de- 
sirable to the werld that it should know. 

I, who appear befere you'to-day, in the honorable and -responsible position of the 
&epresentative of a part of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, have the duty im- 
posed upon me of telling you why this body of men have formed.themselves into aike- 
nevolent and beneficent association, as well as how.they propose to do good, and perform 
and dispeuse charities. : 

Everything 7a ‘the nature of the duty Iam to perform, is well calculated not only te 
gratify my own personal pride, but to make me feel sensibly the slender ability which 
any inexperienced orator must brmg @o*a'task quite suflicicnt to eall into requisitive: 
‘all the posers of the most gifted tongue. I speak in behalf of an’Order to which I look 
‘sto a parent, for a thousand acts of kindness and affection. I represent a Lodge. in 
that Order frora whose members [ have to acknowledge, not only a long series of tes- 
timonials of regard and friendship, but from which I‘iave received honors, among which 
the post of their representative here is not the least, far beyond what aught in my 
humble deserts canclaim.. Ipray you then, ladies and gentleaen—and I should act an- 
fairly and unjustly by those who placed me‘here, if I.did not so pray you—to attribute 
none of the defects which you sill seein the unpractised speaker, :to faults inherent 1 
ihe cause he espouses, but to think, as Ido, that my brethren show no ‘trifling degree of 
confidence in the justness of their quarrol. when they cntrustit, not to a tried champion 
or experienced veteran, but permit a raw recruit ‘to flesh his maiden sword ” here. 

_ fs I have said above, Thave uno specific charges to meet or attack to repel; and have 
therefore no defence, properly so called, to make. 1 prepose, therefore, briefly to di- 
Jude to the reasons on which are based the establishment of benevolent societies 1n gC 
neral, and then to apply the remarks I have made, to the particular society whose mem- 
bers you see'hefore youto day. ' 
“This task is not a very extensive or difficult.one; Tor, although avery ‘long and la- 
bored defence of such associations might be made, if time permitted it, I should feel 
myself trespassing unnecessarily upon your time, if I avere to make more than the few 
remarks absolutely needed as-a sort-of introduction to the preper subject of the day. 

Jn discussing the propriety of any proposed scheme, it tsonly necessary to ask twe 
questions, Ist, Isitright? 2d, Isitéxpedient? And, as in ‘the present instance, the an- 
ewer to the latter question is only a sort of corolary to that given to the former, or may 
be deduced from at'by way of inference, I shall content myself with asking, Isat right 


that men should associate for benevolent or charitable purposes! 


here ts such a thing as abstract right, grandly independent of surrounding or vis 
ible circumstances, and owing nothing of its validity or feree te the apparent present or 
tangible result. | ; 

It is too nice a point in metaphysics to argue here, whether the probable or frequent 
effect was not originally the creator of the principle of justice or injustice, which we 
consider inherent in the cause—suflice it to say, that we do not apply any suchrule to — 
the details, but recognise in the revealed will of that Being whose existence and. pow= 
er none of us will deny—our unfailing guide. gr ti irae haccacoal 

I design these remarks to prelude, or prepare the way for, such an answer as_I shall. 
make to an objection held against all societies or institutions for moral or benevolent, 
purposes, which is based upon no inquiry into their objects or results, but only in an 
abstract doctrine of right supposed to forbid them. 


The objection held against such bodies, as most forcibly and plausibly put, is by 
members of some one of the vartous Christian churches, who, holding their church, 
as of right they should, in high esteem, regard it as amply sufficient to gain all good 
and charitable ends, and fear that it is caleulated to lessen or impair its influence, if. 
these ends are attained or attempted to be attained by societies of a different kind.—. 
The real point, however, seems capable of very plain and simple demonstration. 

No one ean deny that each individual, whether be be a member of any Christian - 
church or no, is bound to perform all charitable acts within the reach of his abilities. 
"fo succor the distressed, to relieve the destitute, to visit and comfort the sick—are all. 
duties of grave importance, obligatory upon all, and under all circumstances. The 
means and abilities with which we are endowed, are gifts of a merciful Providence, 
and should be dispensed in deeds of charity and merey. Nor can any one be held ex- 
cused for negligence in the discharge of such duties, on the ground that he has delegated 
their performance to any manor setofmen. ‘The duties are plain, and one that fails to_ | 
perform them in his own person when they fall in his way, deserves and will receive | 
the reproach to which the cruel and hard hearted are eutitled. fe 

Now, it cannot well be denied, that what it is right for any one of a number of. indi-_ | 
viduals to do, it is quite right for that same number to do in a collective capacity ; or 
that any one of them, if engaged in the discharge of a duty to which he finds his single 
strength inadequate, may call to his assistance those who are around him, and avail 
himself, thus, of the aggregated strength of the whole, Fi 

gain: in the best light in which this life can be regarded, itis a scene of contest—of 
probation, as theologians call it, because in it we are proved by trouble and temptation, 
and the moralexcellence er weakness which is in us exhibited. An all-wise Deity has 
for his own inscrutable purpose, placed around us a thousand trials and snares, not, 
with the intent that we should yield to them, but that we should carry on against them 


a stout and successful resistance. Lor, on the other hand, he has presented to us with 
the poison its remedy— 


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“The bane and antidote are both before us,” 


And the latter is evidently designed to protect us against the evil influences of the for- 
mer. Weare daily menaced withphysical harin—the sources of disease and death lie 
around us on every hand, from which the most constant vigilance and steady care— 
though from long custom we perceive not the danger, are necessary to guard us. We 
meet every day the danger of mental and moral, no less than of physical disease; we 
are tempted hourly to err from the path of rightand duty, but we have a thousand | 
Weapons in ow armory with which, under Providence, we are successfully to war | 
against these evils. Nay, for the mere preservation of life—for the procuring of the 
sustenance necessary for our physical frames,we are compelled to use the strength, | 
industry aud providence with which we are endued, paid Te al ae 
The logical inference to be drawn from these undisputed faets, is, that we. are to. 
guard against the ills which surround us, by all the weapons within our reach; and that | 
all the qualities of the mind and body which can be made of use, are especiall , 
for our protection against the troubles and dangers incident to human life. | mene 
[tis not necessary that we should find an express command, in the revealed will of | 
Providence, that we should eat, lest we starve; or that we should erect houses, that. 
we may not suffer from the heat or cold!” And I conceive that itisalaw equally plain, | 
and equally independent of any express written command, that we should shun other 
dangers, by other means created within us or around us, and applicable to that end. 
The existence of the power to resist sulf-ring, and avoid danger, proves the propri- I 





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ety, nays the duty, of that resistance. | Ani the adoptedness of menns furnished hy the 
Creator toa good end, likewise appointed by him, is alone sufficient to prove it one 
duty ‘to avail ourselves of these meana. 

Now itis true that God has appointed ’a eliureh, which is intended to be, and is, a 
powerful protection against many of the ills of life; but from the same armory are to be 
drawn, fashioned by the same artificer, all those qualities of the mind and body, all 
those impulses and desives; which avail usas shielils in the same warfare. We are 
not so stroug that we may safely or wisely yicld to our tempters or enemies any van- 
tage ground; certainly not that we should abandon, or refuse to use, any of our slen- 
der stock of arms. 3 ie POE Ne acre, i 

In epen war men avail themselves, first, of their natural impulses, and this proves 
how valuable Instinct teaches them these are; they are, of nature, gregarious, and, 
in time of dauger, they flock together, because they need neither reason nor ex peri- 
ence to tell them that the faggot is. strouger than all its separate sticks. 

Iwill treat more fully, preseuthy, on this pot, as it Cones, more appropriately, un- 
deranother division ef ay subject,and have only alluded to it here, because of its inci- 
dental bearing upo the above argument. 

As it has never been alleged that the Bible contained any express written command 
or advice upon this point, the belief of those who oppese the formation of benevolent in- 
stitutions, has been necessarily based upon an inference deawn from the nature and ex- 
tent of the dutiesimposed upen the Church, among which are to be found those of cha- 
rity and kindness.» 'Thisis: true, bat itcisnot the whole truth. Ttis doubtless the 
fact that the Christian Religion impcses these duties upon its disciples: but itis like+ 
Wise true that it teaches aii sound principles of morality; all just axioms of govern- 
ment; in a word, all that is necessary for the peace, prosperity, or happiness of man. 

Now, if it be fair to infer/that because members of the christian church are bound, 
ian especial manner, to perform acts of charity aud mercy, they are bound to do 
these ,acts, alone, tareveh the medium of the church, or, at least, may not do them 
through any other association, it is equally logical aud fair to conclude that to the 
Charch should be likewise committed the preservation of the public peace—the puri- 
fication of the public morals—in a word, the government of the people! 

But in this age it is a point universally conceded, that the less close the connection 
between cherch and state, im other words the less the Church has to de with temporal 
wifuies, the better; and, in consequence of this generally received belief, governments, 
or associations for political purposes, exist to which are eutrusted the general regula- 
tion of the temporal affairs of their citizens—the prescrving of the public morals, &c. 
~¥do not think it necessary to argue the long vexed question of Church and State, 
before an audience like this, because it is a point long ago decided in this country, and one 
of Which the affirmative would, in America, seek long before it would find a champion. 
_ think, without taking up time with an argument upon a subject so long discussed, 
that itis fair to conclude, from what! have said already, that the bare fact of the obli- 
gation to bestow charities, which rests upon the Church, is not, by itself, sufficient to 
establish the position that the Church is the only institution which may be used for that 
great end. . 

—Tdesire but to glance at another light in which this matter may be viewed, and shall 
then pass from the farther consideration of this part of my subject. Have you ever 
thought, how little unalloyed happiness this world contains, aud what an incalculable 
wmount of suffering and wretehedness?’ The sun shines brightly on you to-day, but to 
how-many are its beams dimmed and clouded? Your eyes are to-day bright with health 
and pleasure, but how many aresuffused with tears? Your hearts throb alone with 
delight, but how many broken hearts bleed to-day? And you! upen whose horizon to- 
day is seen no cloud; though around you now everything seems created for your hap- 
piness, how many of you have trod through lifeva pathway decked only with flowers? 
Which of you has shed no tear, or breathed no sigh in pati, or sorrow, or remorse 1 
Which has not followed to the grave a friend, or thrown upon the coffin of a parent 
the sacred handful of earth! ; | 


«There is ne flock, however watched aad tended, 
But one dead lamb is there: | | 
There is no fire-side, howsoe’er defended, 
But has one vacant chair, . 
The air is full of weeping for the dying, 
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The woes of mankind? how mournful a catalogue do they make? how do they sad- 

den each page of history? how cover, as with a funeral-pall, the memory of past ages ? 
And how brief an experience is needed, to teach even those whose career seems to 
have been most happy—upon whose features Poverty has not laid fhsi kard hand, or 
Disease set her melancholy seal—that there is no rose without its thorr, 20 sky without 
a cloud! © : pF Pa , 
And if we can say this, upon whose happy land Peace, Health, and Plenty shed their 
benign inflwence, what a tale can they tell, upon whose desolated borders War has set 
his seal in bloody battle-fields !—over whose roofs has hovered dire Pestilence—at whose 
hearths preside no genial Lares und Penates, but lean and haggard Famine! = 
Now who will say, holding the dreadful picture of human misery steadily before his 
eye, to him who would strive by any means to lessen its dire extent—-‘ Stand aside, I 
am holier than thou; to mea way is open, through the medium of the church to which 
IT belong, by which I may wipe the tears from sorrow’s eye—may soften some pang 
or alleviate some throe of pain—but thow dare not, with unbaptised hands, to break 
bread to the hungry: at least presume aot to joiwin «a Brotherhood, without the pale 
of the Church, with those who, like yourself, profess to believe it a primal vVuty to 
succor the distressed—to relieve the destitute, and bind up the wounds and swipe away 
the tears of mankind?” ee. 
The fieldin which charity and mercy are required is far too large, that there should 
be any propriety in limiting the number of laborers. — All which benevolence, acting as 
she does through a thousand channels, by means of individual exertion and efforts as- 
sociated together under an infinite numberof pames,hardly perceptibly lessens the task to 
be performed! God forbid, that the band which toils forse noble a purpose, and wit 
mumbers and means so inadequate to the duty before them, should be lessened through 
any morbid fear of some remote imaginary influence which their success may be sup- 
posed to exert. ; ie 5 ie 
Benevolent, charitable, or meral associations are not only not intended as substitutes 
for the Church, but are in fact very important auxiliaries to it. 4 i 
_Men’s temporal necessities appeal too loudly to them if not satisfied, to leave them, 
while feeling these wants, in the best possible condition for atteading to their spirituad 
concerns! » . a 8 
You cannot expect fuily te gain for religion’s advice, the ear of a mother whose 
children cry to her for bread; nor is it the best possible time to talk to a father of his 
sins, When his children suffer with cold or hunger! ie Cow 
_ There is a duty appropriate to each time, as well asa time and opportunity for each 
duty: and the first duty to the hungry, is to feed him—to the thirsty, to give hin drink 
—to the unhappy, to console, &e. Hie aee Se 
I have endeavored to show that these duties, while they are binding upon members 
ef the church, are equally obligatory upon all others; that they are too extensive and 
comprehensive to be limited to any association or set of men, and that all means avail- 
able for these noble ends should be steadfastly made use of. 5 ihe wee tek een eect | 
- T should trespass unjustifiably upon your time, if were to go into alengthened ar- 
gument to prove the utility of associated effort to gain any givenend. "The very ex: 
istence of communities and nations demonstrates that instinct has taught long ago what. 
the experience of ages has since approved, that in “ Union there is strength.” Without 
waiting therefore to forge this, the only remaining link, I shall assume the chain of 
argument to be complete; and regard it as logically established that “It is right that 
men should form themselves into charitable or benevolent societies.” go Rete 
- Thave spoken of benevolent associations in general heretofore, and have used the | 
term only in its loosest and vaguest sense, but come now to apply what I have said to | 
the especial association of which Lam a member, and whose claims it is especially | 

my duty to-day, to urge. oe i PRR ‘a 
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der of Odd Fellows is a charitable institution, but that it is more than this. You 
hear every day of charitable societies, for many are in existence, of different kinda, 
and dispensing the good they do in differeat ways. "There are Missionary, and Bibie, | 
and ‘Tract societies for the benevolent exercise of certain religious duties—and so- 
cieties of various kinds under many names, for the relief of the Poor, which do their. 
charities by the distribution of pecuniary and other such assistance,—and societies — 
for the suppression of Vice, which attempt to assist the laws in the preseryation of the 
public morals,—and Life and Fire Insurance Companies, in which a possible be- 
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holders,—antd last f mot least such as that for stipplying the infant negiocs of Africa 

with flannel waistcoats’ amd moral handkerchiefs, with which, as you may remember, 
Tony Weller, of immortal memory, was so much antioyed. But the Justitution of Odd 
Fellowship, though is every sense of the term a bencvolent society, is tot exactly 
like any ef these. deny . 

The words berevotent, cliaritable atid tie like, have to the ears of ttiatty pefsous, & 
‘very narrow and limited meaning, and are supposed to be applicable to individuals or 
hocies of men, just in proportion as these latter dispense peconiary relief, or perfornt 
acts of visible ortamgible kirduwess. fF strall preseittly sitow that these words have a 
such wider and nobler: signification, and that in their best and truest sense they are 

applicable to Odd Fellowship; bwt ever im the common and vulgar meaning, it is a 

charitable and benevolentinstitution. Odd Fellows are commanded, and their precepts 
are obeyed, te visit the sick, to relieve the destitute, to bury the dead, to educate the 

orphan. ‘These duties appear in owr fundamental laws as of paramownt importance ; 
that they are fulfilled, let the poor and suffering of the Order all over the world bear 
witness! Im what state in the Uniow—1 had almost said in what nation—but cer- 
tainly, in what quarter of the globe may mot be seen schools established by Odd Fel- 
lows !—cemeteries in which the reverent hands of Odd Fellows have laid their dead 
brethren? ; | 

Inthe United States alone, during the last three years, were dispensed in various cha- 
rities, by the Order of Odd Fellows—i. e. were given to the sick, the widow or the or- 
yhan—not less’ than 985,000 dollars.. For the year ending May, 1850, the sum thas 
disposed: amounted to $336,800; nearly fsve times’ the entire revenue of North Carolina! 
But the details of this class of our charities are published to the world; and the laws 
which regulate their distribution being eqwally public, I will not weary you by the 
enumeration of what, if you choose, you may read for yourselves. 

_'Fhere isa large and, as we believe, more important class of bemevolences of whieh f 
wish tosay something; although they de wot come under the title of charities, as the 
word is vulgarly used. [ alluded above to the fact that it is the fashion to mean by 
kind and charitable actions, only such asare visible and measurable; and that charity 
was too miucls estimated in the amount by the figures which express the sum it bestows! 
Tintimated, however, that there were nvany modes of doing good and bestowing kind- 
nesses, besides giving alms; and assert now that by far the nsost important and valuable 
favers which can be conferred, are invisible, except to the giver and recipient, and mea- 
pable of being measured by material scales, or cowmted with mere human figures. It is 
im the bestowal of acts of kindness of this kind, that the most valuable part of Odd 
Fellowship consists, and itis in the gratitude for suck charity and benevolence, that 
the Order fas its strongest hold upon the affections of its children. Not very many 
ef the members of our Order, at least no very great proportion of them, ever need 
pecuniary assistance, or suffer in health or fortune in such way as to call upon their 
brethren directly for help! But for the kindnesses of which I speak, all have the 
most constant weed; and, asI shall proceed to show, it is never safe to predict a certaim 
immunity, even from such evils as may require for their relief, the active interference 
of others. ; oe 

_ Man is not, nor can he be, a wholly independent being! the whole organization of 
his: character forbids it. He comes into the world utterly ani ay looking to those a- 





ound him, not only for the food which is to sustain his body, but for a thousand acts of 
nurture, without which his very existence is impossible. Helpless, and ignorant even of 
his very wants, his childish wail only indicates that another being, dependent upon others 
for his very life, implores assistance or dreads danger. His infantile sufferings and es 
bles, trifling as they may seem to the man of mature age, unused to more serious ie 8 
‘and cares, require, of necessity, sympathy and relief from others. His first act in life, 
ix to weep—his first articulated sound, to betray pain or fear! Does it not eee 
though, ere reason had assumed her sway, his childish instmcet taught that to hog? . 
was to enter upon a contest sufficient to inspire his feeble becart with dread. ae 
him during life’s first steps; rugged and difficult to his tottering limbs, and beset wi 
thorns and dangers as he advances‘to youth and manhood. He acquires, Lp Ma 
length,additional strength, and may without gross inaccuracy, be said, when he . eaches 
mature age, to have attained to a certain sort of independence, that is to year 
while in the full vigor of manhood, by the exercise of his own strength and in i, 
alone, procure such things as are absolutely needed for his physical ane n 
itis fair to say that without living the life either of a savage ora hermit, he i 4 
foresight and ingenuity, provided no unforescen accident mar his prospects, obtaim the 














needful food and raiment to sustain life or acquire weatth, although he severs: all tne 
ties of fricndship and sympathy which bind him to his raee. ta ree ih Ge 
If, then, food and clothing, and the acquisition of wealth are all that are desirable 
ov necdful in life, it is possible to fancy a great degree of independence of the assis- 
tance and kindness of ethers. {f man werc, as Carlysle calls some men, ‘a mere clothes- 
horse and patent digester,” and some mode could be fouud by which Poverty, Disease, 
and other misfortenes could be certainly averted, the necessity of which I spoke a- 
bove, to meet which such Lustitutions as that of Odd Fellowship were created would 
be ina ereat measure avoided. But to whom has Life and Health, and the preser- 
vation of his Reason been. perpetually assured? who ean, fence out sickness or old 
age by any acuteness or strougth of intellect -where is the happy valley into which 
these enemies of the hunian race cannotenter! : ja a 
There is at present an old man selling fruit at a stand in one of the streets of Bos- 
ton, whose history tells so well the slender hold which, under the most favorable cir- 
cumstances, men hold on the good things of life, that I amust be permitted briefly to re- 
fer to it— : = 
That old man, on every lincament of whose face penury and wreichedness have 
made their mark,—whose wornaud ragged garments do not avail te protect him from 
the piercing cold,—whose aged limbs barely suffice to bear him to and from the place of 
his daily labors, was twenty years ago the surgeon-general of the British forces in India, 
with amaguificent income, and a professional reputation inferior to none in Europe.— 
He has performed more capital operations than any man living, and has operated on 
more men of note than any man living or dead, save, perhaps, one. Certainly, at the 
time to which I refer, no worldly prospects could. be brighter than his. Nor were do- 
mestie ties wanting to bind him to earth; his children were rising rapidly to distinction im 
their several professions, when suddenly the rashness and misconduct of one--his favorite 
son, a Lieutenant in the army—led to his being dismissed from the serviee. The fa- 
ther, offended at something which had occurred in the. trial. of his son, threw up his 
commission and retired to private practice. But some strange misfortune seemed todog 
his footsteps; a stroke of paralysis incapacitated him from. practising his professio,n 
and he was compelled to throw himself upon his children for support. But the hand ‘of 
Providence was upou them, and one by onc his sous and daughters sank iuto the grave. | 
In three short y cars, of eight grown children, the pride and comfort of his old age, not one — 
wasleftalive. He had survived all his other relatives; and though broken by disease, at 
sixty years of age he, whose path in life had so lately seemed all that man’s ambition or 
capacity could desire, was forced to earna precarious existence in the streets of Lon- 
don as a ticket-porter.— Some wave of emigration threw him upon the American shore, 
aud now, a broken hearted and friendless exile, the last of his race, he looks for no 
peaceful haven this side the grave. 








It has been truly said, that while each man fully recognises the fact that ll his 
fellow meu are mortal, and takes into his daily calculations the uncertainty of the life | 
of all who surround him, he never fully appreciates, or seems to appreciate, the frail | 
tenure by which his own life is held. Just so, and for the same reason, men talk learn- | 
edly about the instability of human wealth and power, and sagely predict misfortune 
or ruin to others, but do not fail to think of themselves as so far favored as to be able- 
by superior prudence, or care, or good fortune, to ward off these evils. But even if 
mén could promise themselves a comparative or complete immunity from strokes of. 
mischance or misfortune, and could thus feel themselves raised above the possible necessi- 
_ty of help from those around them, to obtain the necessaries of life, or maintain them in | 


their career, it remains to be found whether the independence they have gained is not 
greatly a logs! oo 


Imagine, if possible, a nation or community, composed of individuals glorying in a. 
fancied independence of each other; each sternly and ¢oldly pursuing his way, regard- 
leas of the intercsts, or sufferings, or troubles of. the others—loving and sympathising 
with nobody, and receiving from none marks.of affection or regard. Finding no- 
thing of their comfort or happiness in promoting or witnessing that of others, the 
members of such a community, bound together by no tie save, perchance, the need | 
of union for self-defence, would be a contending crowd, in which the weaker must be 
trampled upon and crushed, whenever they stood in the way of those superior to them | 
in strength or sagacity. What tongue can tell, or pen describe, the eternal discord, ne- 
ver ending strife, hatred and enyy which would sum up the brief history of such a. 
people? ‘The attempt is vain to paint so confused an assemblage of antagonistic hues 
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| Let us endeavor to bring a part of the scene more clearly before the eye; but to 
do so we must fix our attention on some one feature. | : 
_ In order to estimate aright the horrors of bondage, Sterne placed before his mind’s 
‘eye a eolitary captive in his lonely cell, and sought to translate his groans, and form into 
‘letters which he could read, his mournful imaginings, because he knew that as the 
‘component beauties of a limitless landscape are never fully appreciated in their separate 
intrinsic excellencies by the eye, so the imagination, dwelling upon too vast an ex- 
_panse, is lost, and fails to analyze or discover the elements out of which the whole is 
formed. akg | 
' “Let us take, then, a single individual, the type of his class, and, in order to view the 
| principle uponwhich we suppose him to have acted under the most favorable circumstan- 
ces; let us suppose his independence to have been complete and successful; lethim have 
| everything which can be acquired by one who-has held no communion with those of his 
| Kind, except to make them sources of profit to himself—suppose that his abilities, or 
good fortune, have given him everything which the heart of man can desire, except 
the sympathy and love of his race, and let him have known no need of that! let him 
have filled his coffers with gold—surrounded himself with every luxury which it can 
\buy, and earned and received all the honors which earth can bestow. Let him have 
been seemingly beyond the reach of misfortune, gifted with an iron frame which has 
not known disease, as well as with a heart which, as it has never throbbed for others’ 
woes, has never palpitated even with selfish care or pain! Is his career, think you, one 
to be envied, brilliant as it may seem to those around him, who see not through the 
‘mask he wears? Will no time come when, to himself at least, that mask will fall ?— 
Upon his death-bed, and upon that his sturdy frame must be stretched at length, will 
he not look wishfully, but vainly, for kind faces and sympathising eyes? Before the 
eye, dimmed by death, will there appear no visions of wrongs of omission or com- 
mis3ion, done, in past days, to his fellowmen?—pains he might have, and did not 
| soothe—tears, which he caused to shed, or did not wipe away—will his dull ear net hear 
anew, the prayers or groans to which, before, he paid no heed? Around his bed, 
-curtained with the black memories of the past, are seen no friendly faces or pitying 
eyes'—no kind hand wipes the clammy death-sweat from his brow—no sympathi- 
bing voice consoles him as he enters upon the last dread struggle with the King of 
Terrors! Over that struggle we drop the curtain, and shun to witness the meeting of 
the hard and merciless man with his Maker! | 
~~ Ttis in the just appreciation of the value of Sympathy and Friendship that the 
Order of Odd Fellows had its foundation, and it is in the creation and preservation of 
friendship between its members thatits great charities are performed. The class of good 
deeds and kindnessés to which I referred above, as not recognised as they should be by 
those who vulgarly define the word charity, to mean mere alms-giving, are rendered ne- 
-eessary, we think, by the very organization of man’s character. © fet 
Man is not, as I have said above Carlysle calls some men, ‘‘a mere clothes-horse and 
yatent digester’’—nor is he only a featherless chicken, as Plato has defined him,—nor 
is he a tail-less monkey, though we have Monboddo’s opinion that he was—nor is he 
a mere machine, cunningly wrought of wheels, whose force the economist may cal- 
culate, and springs, which the scheming politician may touch,—nor is he only a mass 
of bones and muscles and vessels, which the scalpel of the anatomist may carve and dis- 
sect; he is more, much more, than any of these. He is a being, animated with a thou- 
sand noble and generous impulses, which only need to be called into action, depend- 
ant, in some good degree, for all his happiness, on the affection and regard of others— 
gifted with a heart to love, and to appreciate love. ; zi ; 3 
~ Itis owing to this belief that our Order exists: founded, as it is, upon ‘ Friendship, 
Love and Truth”—principles which touch ne man’s purse, which visibly affect no man’s 
external career, but which, as we believe, are absolutely necessary to fill up the void 
in man’s happiness, left by the fall. We seek to create within the cold, hard work- 
ing world,.a band of friends, bound together, indeed, by the mystic tie of our Brother- 
hood, but held together, no less, by the bonds of mutual esteem and confidence. 
We seek to estimate aright these mysterious feelings and impulses, which make up 80 
‘much of man’s true character; and to develope and encourage all those hidden 
springs of affection which lie deep within his breast. Gaytsits ee pa ners 
"It isa fault, inherent in all systems of polity, asin all theories of metaphysics, that 
while for man’s Reason, Will, Ambition, Cupidity and the like, ‘ample allowance is 
‘made, the finer traits of his character, the social and domestic affections, are not pro- 
‘perly regarded. And yet, ‘how much of hig true happiness, .as well.as his. success in-his 















































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eareer,depends upon these very footie and impulses, which are Jeft so greatly out of the 
account by those who pr ofess to anderstand: the mysterious workings. of his ie | W i 
does not know himself to be often under the dominion of some unaecountable,but 
able, inclination, which leads him, he knows not why or how, ina given path! 
‘measure the strength of association? or weigh the influence of friends? ; . 
ory of the past—who has not felt its magic power? or who has analyzed he unseen, 
chords which vibrate in the breast responsive to the remembrance of past er distant’ 
pleasures? or meted out, as with a balance, the effect of even an instant’s recurrence, 
scenes half forgotten or lost in time or distance! © = 

I see the lonely wayfarer, wearied and travel-worn, thong trembling limbs” Alon 
refuse to bear him up some steep ascent! Sinking! despairing! he seems ready to 
abandon his toilsome task! Buta new expression lights up his relaxed and saddened 
features; a new vigour seems to inhabit his worn ee The memories of the sweet 
past have driven away the sad consciousness of the present, and on his faded cheek 
there glows no hectic of exhaustion, but the flush of true happiness! The weary, 
wanderer has thought of home and friends, and the thousand pleasant ties and asso- 
ciations which bind ‘these words near to his heart, have nerved him anew and pes to 
each muscle and tenden an unwonted vigor! he 

If instances in real life were wanting to prove the force of this sort of association, 
they would readily be proved: but I prefer to allow each one who hears me, to» say 
whether [ have drawn an improbable picture, or everrated the strength of the nyse 
tie which binds the stranger to home and native land! 

There is alaw of the heart, independent of the Reason, and superior to it, whose sacre d 
dictates acknowledge no restrainst of calculating Prudence or cold Egotism! It is the 
principle of love; the power of attachment, w hich, of all man’s principles and powers, 
yield least to the dominion of his selfish will. ‘To nourish and foster thissacred flame, is, — 
indeed, an office honorabie to any institution of human creation; but itis precisely to this. 
noble task that Odd Fetlowship is adapted. . ‘Phe time is not yet, when man, w ithout 
such assistance as our Order gives, will always remember the great truth of ae 
brotherhood !—nor has the day yet dawned upen the world in which Love alone wil. 
rule, and Hatred, Jealous “ypand Uncharitableness be banished from the earth! They 
tell us thatthis time willcome; a time when wars and contentions will forever cease, and 
strife and discord will be known no more, when the fair earth shall no longer bear up- 
on it men raising their hands against their ‘tdllewst and polluting God's green foosiam 
with the blood of his slain childrens They tell us that the Evil and. Wretchedmess; of 
which sin has been the fruitful parent, shall disappear withit, and that from the creation 
around us shall be cfiaced the traces of the Creator's mighty wrath! ‘Then shall men, 
bound together i ina pure Friendship, need no Law but Love,—no guide but etern 
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fn the Millennium, indeed, benevolent associations may be no. longer aeehbae ) 
cause, when misfortune has been banished from the world, and cold, and hunger, and 
dis2ase are known no more, there will be no sick to visit, no dead _ to: bury, no des 
tute to relieve, no orphan to nourish and support; while the charities of the hear | 
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direct them, for kind words wiil rise spontancous to eyery lip—kind smiles. Drie hte | 
every cheek! 

May we not say, without presumption, that it is in the dectrine of Saiveread buat 
ais comprehensive Philanthropy, as these principles afe taught in Odd Fellowshiy 
that the seeds are to be found, which, under Providence, will as and bear full 
fruit in the reign of Eternal Peace and Love! ey 

I desire to say but asingle word in reply to an objection held against Odd rele 
‘ship, by those who have made no attempt to understand it, and: object to it merely be: 
cause there is something in it which unmitiated eyes do not reach. Itis a secret se 
ciety; its meetings are conducted with closed and guarded doors, and the proceedings ¢ 
these meetings assiduously kept from the general ear! Butlet those who. prate about 
secret conclaves, and presume that what they cannot see must be illicit, know, that 
from those with whom we are willing to hold fraternity, or think worthy to stand in 
our ranks, there need be no secrets! Our doors are only barred to those who c2n. =| 
appreciate, or do not desire the benefits of our Order, or might notobey our genial la V8: 

The individual chafacters sustained by our members, are the best evidences thai| 
we conceal nothing through shame of it; but that we are loath to permit those whe 
could not properly value them, to witness these secrets of inestimable worth 
proofs and testimonials of mutual Love and Esteem. No man can fail to kno ow for, 


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self, that the lustre of his best and brightest feelings will tarnish from needless ex posure 
_—and thatthere is something sacred in every affection worthy the name, which will not 
bear the curious eye of an unsympathising world. oi 

Again: we compose a Brotherhood, an association of men; and, perhaps, subject 
ourselves to the imputation of being wanting in proper respect to that sex from which 
we admit no members! But, so far from proving ourselves deficient in gallantry 
by this exclusion, we pay to the fairsex the very highest possible compliment—a tribute 
which, to say the least of it, is consistent with what is constantly said, and, I believe, 
without giving much offence to the members of that sex! 

Which one of the fair part of my audience, has not heard from some. one of the other 
sex, and possibly even from some Odd Fellow, declarations of esteem and regard, 
based upon his appreciation of the benevolence, kindness, amiability, and such like 
qualities inherent in Woman—which declarations prove, if they prove anything, that 
no laws or penalties are needed to develope those kindly virtues in their hearts. 

If Poets or Lovers mean anything of what they say, each Poet or Lover, and there are 
both in our ranks, would think it nothing less than a profanation to bind with an ob- 
ligation to love (except, perhaps, a private obligation for his own benefit) the one 
from whose every feature,as he thinks, beam Truth and Kindness. No! if the softer sex 
are worthy, at all, of the high social position they eccupy in the world, and who will 
deny they are? it is just because to acts of benevolence, they need no prompter but 
their own kind hearts—because Truth, Charity and honesty are inseparable from. their 
very natures. 

At any rate, if itever be thought necessary to enforce in them, in any way, the 
growth ef such qualities, and our Order calls for volunteers to proselyte the Ladies, 
they must come from the hopeless old bachelors, or woman-haters. if any such there 
be, among the members—/ will not be one of that forlorn hope. Ihave not the cour- 
age to stand up before an audience like this and tell to the ladies in it, that they need 
some pledge—some law—some penalty to compel them to act out these finer traits of 
character, which it is my duty, no less than my choice, to believe they must, of nature, 
possess ! 

And, now, Ladies and Gentlemen, my task—not self-imposed, but laid upon me 
by those who, for many reasons, have every right tocommand, as they choose, the 
exercise of all the abilities | possess, or they may fancy to exist in me—is completed. 
Imperfectly as my duty has been done, I will feel that I have gained some good if | 
have shown to you, merely the outlines of that temple whose roof shelters this band of 
Brothers—whose foundation, laid deep in Friendship, Truth, and Love, principles 
inseparable from man’s existence, but imperishable at his death, well supports its 
towering columns and massy arches—upon whose walls are emblazoned. tho record of 
deeds of charity and kindness, which adorn them more than could all the Painter’s or 
Sculptor’s art—but whose full extent and magnificence I could not show you, nor 
eould you see, unless your vision embraced, not only the wide extent of this land, but 
almost all the vast expanse on which the sun shines! 

_ Officers and Brethren—if I had believed that you expected of your representative 
here, the full expression of the reverence and regard, in which I know you hold our 
common Order, I should have shrunk from the ve and refused, even to attempt, to 
portray in words, feelings ‘too deep for utterance.” Buttoyouldid not need tostrive 
to explain the force and excellence of the great principles, which are our cornerstones; 
or reveal the grand secrets which your initiation has fully opened! But remember. 
that, in your name, I have pledged you to the discharge of the noblest duties whichean 
adorn mankind—that, by your consent, | have placed you, as professed benefactors 
of the human race, in the most honorable of positiens! 
» The best, indeed, the sole valid evidence which you.can give of the truth of what { 
have said to-day, is the integrity and uprightness with which each ¢f you pursues 
his way. The best proof you can give of your devotiou to the Institution. of which 
youare members, isyour steadfast adherenecto its. principles and obedience to its laws 
Continue then to manifest in. your own lives the truth of the protestations I have 
made fow von! Keep your hover bright—ycur mutual friendship and goed will unbro- 
ken—y our private characters unsuliied, and prove to the world that ne empty aud vain- 
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AN ADDRESS 


DELIVERED BEFORE 


MANTEO LODGE, NO. 8. 
I. O. O. F. 


THIRD ANNIVERSARY, 


January 13, 1849, 


BY WILLIAM if. WASHINGTON. 


RALEIGH: 


WILLIAM W, HOLDEN, Printer. 


1849. 


1. Oe. F, 


Manteo Loner, No. 8. 
Raleigh, January 16, 1849. 
Dear Sir anp Bro: Ata called meeting of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, 
the following Resolution was unanimously adopted : 3 
Resolved, That the thanks of the Brothers of Manteo Lodge are due, 
and are hereby tendered to Brother William H. Washington, for the 
able and chaste Address delivered on the 13th instant, on the occasion 
of the celebration of the third Anniversary of our Lodge ;:and that the 
Committee of Arrangements be instructed to request of him a copy of 
the Address for publication.”’ 
As the organ of our Lodge, permit us to add our cordial approval of 
- the sentiments expressed in the above Resolution, and solicit of you 
the favor of a copy of your admirable Address for publication. Your 
compliance with the request will but add another obligation to those 
which your Brothers of Manteo Lodge are under to you. 
. Yours Fraternally, © 


W. H. McKEE, i 
W. H. H. TUCKER, 
T. M. OLIVER, . C 
W. D. COOKE, ts 
W. R. SCOTT, 
R. B. HAYWOOD, 

Hon. W. H. Wasuineron. bg Pe 


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RaveieH, January 20, 1849. 
Dear Sirs anp Bros: Your kind note of the 16th instant, inform- 
ing me that, at a called Meeting of Manteo Lodge, No. 8, I. 0. O. F., 


a vote of thanks was unanimously tendered to me, for an Address, 


which I had the honor to deliver before that body on the 13th: instant, 
and requesting a copy thereof for publication, has been received. 


That Address, (as you are aware,) was written under a great pressure | 


of Legislative duties, rendered the more burdensome by severe indis- 
position. I feel, therefore, that its publication may do injustice to my- 
self and to our beloved Order. Yielding, however, to your views and 
wishes on the subject, I send you herewith a copy of the Address, and 
place the same at your disposal. 

With sincere thanks for the courteous and complimentary terms in 
which you have made your communication, 

I am, with great respect, yours, &c. 
in the bonds of F. L. and T., 
WM. H. WASHINGTON. 


Messrs. Wm. H. McKrr, Wm. 
D. Cooks, and others. 


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Nosre Granp anv Broruers or Manrro Lopce: 
The occasion which has called us together, is one of deep 
and abiding interest to our beloved Order, and one in which 
every true Oddfellow must delight to share. 

We have not met ina spirit of arrogance or selfishness, 
to celebrate with haughty pride, a triumph over fallen foes, 
either in Politics or Religion. We have not met with empty 
pomp and high-sounding phrase, to trumpet forth to the 
world our sacred deeds of charity and of love. 

But as a band of brothers, linked together by those tender 
ties, by which our Supreme Grand Master above has in 
mercy bound his creatures to each other and to Himself, we 
have assembled to honor with grateful hearts, the return of 
that day on which a noble scion of our sacred Order was 
planted here in fertile soil. 

We have met mete I to acknowledge, with ‘atic 
_ gratitude, the benign influences which have thus far cheered | 
our progress; and in sincerity and humility, to implore upon 
our efforts in the cause of suffering humanity, the blessings 
of Him, from whom alone we derive the pure principles 
which bind us to each other. With us, no jarring discord 
mars the harmonious throng—no party spirit, or sectarian 
jealousy divide our ranks asunder. 

Within the sacred retreats of Oddfellowship, the world is 
shut out, with all its bitter strifes and cruel bickerings. he 
Riiatlinn Spirit of our Order forbids their entrance within 
the walls of our hallowed Temple. She stands at the por- 
tal, and with averted palm bids all tumultuous passions— 
begone. 

“Procul! Oh procul este profane.’ 
Here Friendship asserts her mild ee and Truth 


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and Love combine to soften the Beatty and prompt it to kind 
and benevolent action. | 

Brothers, it is not only a bless but a solemn duty, oc- 
casionally to turn away from the hurry and bustle of our 
daily avocations—to pause amid the din of worldly cares 
and worldly pleasures, and seriously reflect upon our duty 
to our God, to ourselves, and to our fellow man. 

On an occasion like the present, it cannot fail, my Breth- 
ren, to prove an agreeable task as well as a profitable em- 
ployment, to trace the rise and progress, and contemplate 
the future prospects of our beloved Institution—to point to 
its humble origin—to witness its infant struggles with fierce 
opposition and untiring persecution—to watch it, as years 
roll on their silent course, putting on the strength of man- 
hood and rising with a giant’s might to be the wonder of the 
world and the glory of the age. 

‘There is no one, who contemplates the simple structure of 
the Institution, and appreciates the pure principles which it 
is its object to practice and to disseminate, but must admit 
that Oddfellowship is founded in the necessities of human 
life. The light of Revelation impressively reminds us that 
life on Earth is but a state of probation for another and a 
better world. The eloquent author of the Book of Job in- 
forms us that “ Man that is born of a woman is of few days 
and full of trouble ”; and the pious Psalmist pourtrays with 
touching pathos this sad, but interesting reality. One of the 
older Poets has said: 

“For all man’s life meseems a tragidie, — 
Full of sad sights and sore catastrophies ; 
First coming to the world with weeping Le: 
Where all his days, like dolorous trophies, 
Are kept with spoils of fortune and of fear!”’ 

But it requires not the testimony of Sages and of Poets 
to confirm this truth. The observation and experience of 
us all feelingly teaches that human life, though short, is of- 
ten fraught wats sharp corroding cares and frequent sor- 
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To know, and to remedy the ills of life, has been, in all 
ages of the world, the ultima thule of study and research. 
'T’o clothe it with the perpetual freshness and vigor of youth, 
the dreamy Alchymist wore himself gray with ceaseless toil; 
while the more rational but equally misguided Astrologist 
persuaded himself into the belief, that he could read the 
springs and predict the course of human attion, in the mys- 
terlous revolutions of the starry hosts. 

At one period of the world, the Philosopher’s stone was 
regarded as the grand Panacea for all the ills to which hu- 
man flesh is heir; at another, the golden liquor of Alchy- 
mie invention—no nearer the attainment now than when the 
morning stars first sang together over a new-born world. 

The utter hopelessness of such pursuits developed itself 
at last to Philosophers and Sages ; and many were the in- 
ventions sought out by men, to mitigate their disappoint- 
ments, to alleviate, though they could not prevent, the sor- 
rows and sufferings of life. The gay Epicurean, forgetful 
of the past, and thoughtless of the future, drowned life’s cares 
in the enjoyment of the present. The gloomy Stoic strove 
to banish them by an affected and unapproachable indiffer- 
ence to all surrounding objects. The misanthropic Cynic 
passed them by with a bitter sneer, while the laughing fol- 
lowers of Democritus mocked with feigned mirthfulness 
the ills which they knew not how to heal. 


But among aut these the great evil remained untouched ; 


suffering, poverty, and distress stalked abroad throughout the 
land unheeded by either, and died in unrelieved and abject 
misery. "The piteous cry of the orphan, and the sob of the 
broken-hearted widow found no ear responsive to their tales 
of woe—no hand to relieve their pressing wants—no heart 
to cheer their drooping spirits. ‘Tio remedy ¢his evil, and to 
supply this want, was the aim and object of Oddfellowship. 

The earliest Institutions similar in their character and 
purposes to Oddfellowship, of which we have any reliable 
account, were the “ Wies Genatch” of the German States and 


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the Masonic Fraternity. The former, while it directed 
its attention more particularly to the pure administration of 
justice, nevertheless afforded in no small degree pecuniary 
assistance to its own members. Signs and tokens peculiar 
to that Society, secured to their possessor its benefits wher- 
ever its influence extended; but beyond its immediate ad- 
herents, the world derived no benefit from its existence. 
Lhe latter, more perfect in its organization, and nearly allied 
in its practices and principles to our own, stands yet, a beau- 


_tiful monument of enduring honor to its founders. 


E;xperience now opened her treasures to enlightened minds, 
and men began to see, that although distress, and want, and 


sorrow could not be entirely banished {rom the world, yet 


they could be robbed of their p ignancy and shorn of many 


of their most revolting features, by the exercise of charity 


and brotherly love. They found that sympathy—gener- 
ous, self-sacrificing sympathy with our fellow-man, was 
the great key to social happiness and comfort. Improving on 
this beautiful principle and enlarging its exercise—behold 
the origin of the Order of Independent Oddfellowship ! 
I want no musty records dragged from the crumbling ruins 
of antiquity to point me to its birth-place ; no aid from sto- 
ried legends to. magnify its importance, or give it a place in 
my affections. I go not back to heathen Titus, to beg a 
charter for its noble acts of charity.. Task not the sanction 


of departed ages to its beautiful Ritual, or its sublime deeds. 


“Let the flaati past bury its dead.” We go to a higher 
source for our charter—we take a qworthier guide for our 


: conduct, and we look fora brighter and a nobler reward 
_ than the mere applause of man: 


“In Gop we TRusT.” 
Oddfellowship boasts not of aristocratic origin—no noble 
parentage nursed its tender growth—a few poor and pious 


_ Inen, banded together for the mutual supportof their families 
and themselves, gave the Institution its birth and its name. 


Acknowledging that great truth that all men are brothers, 





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we recognise no superiorty but that of intellect and purity ; 
and yet we number among our members some of the proud- 
est names a world can boast. But in unoftending quiet, we 
are content to wend our peaceful course through the allotted 
pilgrimage of humanity; in unobtrusive secrecy, we are sat- 
isfied to dispense, with liberal hand, to the unfortunate of 
every race and clime, the kindly offices of ‘Friendship, 
‘Truth, and Love.” 

I have said that the origin of Oddfellowship v was humble; 
it is also in this country comparatively recent. On the 26th 
day of April, 1819, Thomas Wildey, John Welch, John 
Duncan, John Cheatham and Richard Rushnorth, five hon- 
est but unassuming men, met together in an obscure tavern, 
in Baltimore, to consult on the practicability and propriety 
of forming an Oddfellow’s Association in that City. The 
prospect was gloomy indeed; the corruptions, which it was 
believed, had been suffered to insinuate themselves into our 
sister Order, had inspired many well meaning men with a 
distrust of all secret societies. 'This little band was regard- 
ed by the public as dreamy enthusiasts, and discouragement 
met them at every point; but noble was their zeal, and 
bravely did they labor on in their great and glorious 
work. ‘They believed—they trusted implicitly in the truth 
and purity of their principles; and they never doubted for 
a moment their ultimate success. Bright visions of future 
triumph lighted up their darkened horizon, and despair was 
“never allowed to hang her gloomy pall over the bright pros- 
pect opened to them by steadfast hope. But with unabating 
vigor they pressed manfully on, 3 

‘¢ With a heart for every fate, 
Still achieving, still pursuing, 
They learned to /abour and to wait.”’ 

They have lived to see the fruit of their toil. ‘They have 
lived to behold with kindling hearts, the glorious harvest of 
good which their Heaven-born Order has brought to the 
door of suffering man. ‘They have lived to see a numerous 


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Band, extending the hand of brotherly love and kindness 
to the poorest even of the sons of Adam; stopping by the 
wayside of life to bind up the broken heart, to sustain the 


weary and the fainting, and to clothe and feed the houseless 


wanderer. 

Brothers, the aéulity of Oddfellowship i is clearly evinced 
by its rapid growth, and its brilliant success. Scarce three- 
score years have told their silent errand since the origin of 
the Order, and even now, her sons find their homes in every 


quarter of the globe. Scarce thirty summers have strewn 
‘their flowers over our pathway in this country, and yet 


~ more than one hundred thousand men, within the borders 


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‘of these United States, hail with fondness a common mother 
in the mystic Order Ke Oddfellowship. With a million of 
dollars yearly income, and more than six hundred thousand 
dollars spent annually in relieving the wants of suffering 
man, within the bounds of this Republic, can any rational 
mind doubt the utility of the Institution? Such extraordi- 
nary success—such spontaneous coincidence of sentiment 
and energy of action, are without a parallel in the annals of 
the world, and cannot fail to give us an abiding confidence 
of Divine approbation. 
Brothers, with an Oddfellow’s pride, I congratulate yo:u— 
with an Oddfellow’s prayer, I bid you God speed. Yours is 
‘A Divine ambition and a zeal 
The noblest patriot might be proud to feel.” 
Thank God, even in the present state of society, when 
avarice and selfishness constitute the chief characteristics of 
man, and Heaven-born charity and the kindlier feelings of 


the soul, are remembered only in name, you bow not the 
knee to Baal—your guiding star is sympathy with our kind, _ 


and your banner flings aloft to the breeze that noble motto 


“Dare to do good!” Remember it is your profession— 
it is your duty to shake off the trammels of prejudice and of 
passion, and to immolate on the altar of brotherly love and 
universal good, all feelings of selfishness and interest. Re- 





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member “the sacred ties which bind us to each other,” not in 
empty unmeaning words only, but in deed and in truth; not 
in pomp and high-sounding phrase, but under the guidance 
of that principle, which owes its birth to Heaven, and which, 
like the gentle dews of night, distils its raleaiitie sweetness 
over withering flowers to foster and restore. 

But our calling stops not HERE. We must not confine 
our labors to the alleviation of the mere physical wants of 
our face; we must seek also their moral improvement, and 
their intellectual culture. ‘The command was equally given 
to educate the orphan, as well as to relieve the oppressed 
and the destitute. We are foes to ignorance, as we believe 
it to be the greatest foe to man’s advancement in civilization 
and refinement. 

It has justly been termed the “mother of every vice,” the 
source of all perdition and disaster. We hold that the very 
first step towards relieving the necessities of mankind, is to 
make them acquainted with their wants. The experience 
of every man is powerfully convincing of the fact, that you 
can effect no permanent reformation of morals while the in- 
tellect is shrouded in ignorance. Develope his intellectual 
faculties, and man becomes a rational being, and once ra- 
tional, he is open to the salutary lessons of moral truth. 
The general diffusion of knowledge is, therefore, one of 
the cardinal principles of Oddfellowship. 

Our Order, however, is simply a moral institution; and 
in the diffusion of knowledge, we seek not the advancement 
of any particular sect or denomination, but the promotion 
only of the common good. We meddle not with private 
opinions, either in Politics or Religion, save only to require, 
of our members a belief in an Allwise and Omniptent God, 
of infinite goodness and mercy. Our objects are sant 
our plans easily understood, and our duty is to act promptly 
for the good of mankind, and not to cavil over forms and 
ceremonies. In our Order, philanthropists and patriots of 
every denomination can and do meet on a common platform. 


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‘The Episcopalian, the Methodist, the Presbyterian, and the 

Baptist joyfully hail each other as fellow-labourers in the 

same high and holy cause. For we are drawn together by 

_ “whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, 

‘whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, 
whatsoever things are of Sor report.” 

But we leave each man’s Religion to himself and his God, 


under the protection and guidance of the pure Church of 


Christ. We are content with a faithful discharge of the 
moral obligations, which rest upon us as social beings— 
as members of one great family, without compromising 
the opinions or feelings of the least of our Brethren. We 
relieve the distressed, we feed the hungry, we clothe the 
naked, we educate the orphan, we visit the sick, we bury 
the dead, and we wipe away the widow’s tear, without stop- 
ing to ask “of what faith they are.” And by our fruits 
are we willing to be judged. If any man doubts the purity 
of our principles, or the efficacy of our Order to do good, to 
him we say as one of old—“ Come and see.” For while 


~ we urge no man to enroll his name among us, we never 


shut our doors to any worthy applicant. 

In conclusion, it gives me great pleasure to say to our fair 
friends, who Hare honored us on the present occasion with 
their presence and their approving smiles, that among the 

paramount duties of Oddfellowship, there are none more 
imperative upon our members—none, the neglect of which 


_ is more severely condemned by our Order, than those which 


relate to their charming sex. Be assured, Ladies, that they 
who are not devoted husbands, kind fathers, aflectionate 


_ brothers, obedient sons, and faithful lovers, can be no true 


Me Oddfellows. I beg you also to believe, that in every re- 
~ lation of life, in which duty or inelination may place us, to 
_ you we look for approbation and sympathy ; and we do so 
under the fullest and most abiding conviction, that to what- 
ever woman—pure, noble, senerous-hearted woman—lends 
Hcourggeioent, mall ca never be far in error in ardently. 


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pursuing, And we do so, under a full knowledge that the 
Ladies (God bless them!) never do things by halves. They 
are always in earnest, and generally successful in whatever 
they undertake. | | 

Finally, my brethren, it is important for us to remember, 
that one of the most characteristic emblems of our Order is 
the “Bee Hive.” Ours is emphatically a working Order, 
and the duties imposed by our sacred obligations, will be 
but feebly performed, if we are not strictly diligent in our 
respective callings. And while we spurn from our ranks 
the unprincipled and the vicious, we can find no place for 
the drone and the idler. But the dealings of our particular 
trade or profession is but a mere drop of water in the com- 
prehensive ocean of our business. Mankind is our busi- 
ness—the common welfare is our business—charity, mercy, 
forbearance, benevolence are all our business. 

We havea race to run, a warfare of no ordinary character 
to wage. Our race is to last us through life, and our contest 
is for no less than complete mastery over ourselves; and 
great and priceless is the reward which awaits the untiring 
and the faithful. In preparing for so important and arduous 
an undertaking, our Order commands us in the language of 
St. Paul—“Be temperate in all things,”—and points to the 
words of Divine Wisdom to guide our wandering footsteps. 
Let us heed her precious counsels; let us treasure them in our 
nearts, to be our guide through our daily avocations, and 
our consolation in the still watches of the night. “Be not 
weary in well doing.” Remember the solemnity of our vows, 
and the greatness of our responsibilities. “ Ours is no care- 
less pledge, false and unmeaning, kept to the outward ear— 
broken to the soul: 

Firm to our duty, when sorrow is wringing 
The heart of a mortal, we freely condole : 
Not with mere promises, 
Pharisee hollowness, | 
But in fulfilment of precepts divine, | 
Kindness administer 


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a Visit the prisoner, — i hs) ee a eG 
ta Pour on the wounded the oil nat the wine.” = het 
i‘ Remember that the all-seeing Ps of Heaven rests ever 


“upon us ! 

- An important emblem of our Order—the “ Hour Glass? 
reminds us how fast the sands of life are passing away. 
aati that we profess friendship and love for all man- 
~ kind—that we profess to wear truth forever stamped upon our 
foreheads. Friendship, wherever we find a creature in the 
‘image of his Maker—from the luxurious Nabob to the poor- 
‘est Lazurus that languishes at his gate. We profess that 
love which descending from Heaven, bathes the Universe 
with its gentle dews, and returns undiminished to the bosom 

eee of its God: 
/ - « That truth divine, exhibited on Earth, 
Gives Charity its being and its birth.” 


I Brothers, ours is indeed a noble calling—worthy, ioe 
worthy of all our ardent labors and all our devoted care. 
Let our hearts, then, never be turned aside from thew pur- 
- pose—let our hands never be idle—and let our hopes be 

_ forever bright. - 


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bid LINSURANCB: 
ITS PRINCIPLES, OPERATIONS AND BENEFITS. 


AS PRESENTED. BY. THE 


NORTH CAROLINA 
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANGE 


COMPAN To 


RALEIGH. 
PRINTED AT THE PRESS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA 


INSTITUTION, FOR THESDEAF) AND ‘DUMBe 


1849. 


NORTH CAROLINA 
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. 
ES PABZISPED AT RALDEIGI N. Cy 


Incorporated by the Legislature, January, 1849- 





MLBBCPORSes 


JOHN H. MANLY, WILLIAM D: COOKE, 

HENRY W. MILLER, WILLIAM H- JONES, 

PERRIN BUSBEE, JAMES F. JORDAN, 

H. W. HUSTED, CHARLES B. ROOT, 

WILLIAM H. Mc.KEE, $ CHAS. E. JOHNSON, Jr. 

WILLIAM W. HOLDEN, } WM. D. HAYWOOD, a 
WILLIAM. R.: SCOTT. 


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CHARLES E. JOHNSON, Jr. President. 
_S-WILLIAM De HAYWOOD, — Vice President. 
' JAMES Fe JORDAN, Secretary. 


WILLIAM D. COOKE, 
WILLIAM R. SCOTT, Executive Committee; 
CHARLES B. ROOF, : 


€. E. JOHNSON, M.D.) ee 
Wm. H. Mc.KEE, M. D. Medical Board 


Rk. B. HAYWOOD, M. D. of Consultation. 


Wm. H. Mc. KEE, M. D. Medical Examiner: 
WILLIAM H. JONES, Treasurer. 
HENRY W. MILLER; Attorney. 


J. HERSMAN, ~ General Agent. 


LIFE INSURANCE: 


iTS PRINCIPLES, OPERATIONS AND BENEFITS. 


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‘The last Session of the Legislature, having passetl 
an act incorporating “The North Carolina Mutu- 
al Life Insurance Company ” and the Company hav- 
ing been duly Organized by the appointment of offi- 
cers &c., it becomes the duty of the Board to -pre- 
sent to the Public, a suscinct account of the prin- 
ciples upon which Life Insurance is conducted, and 
also, briefly to set forth the claims which such Com- 
panies have to public approbation. 

Until within a very few years past, Lite Insurance 
in this country was not known, except through the 
agencies of afew European companies in our more 
populous cities; and the first attempt to establish 
such companies in this country was regarded as an 
rnafringement upon the decrements of that Superin- 

ending Providence which hath “appointed unto all 
men once todie.”’ Many supposed, that being un- 
willing to confide our destinies to the Supreme Ru- 
ler of the Universe, we were about to transfer the 
safety of human life to the keeping of our fellow 
men. a ° pean : 


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from all the information now accessible in refer- 
ence to the origin of Life Insurance, we are inform- 
ed that the first attempt of the kind was conceived 
by a rich Banker in England, who éonceived the 
plan of proposing to Captains of vessels and others 
who were leaving on a voyage, to underwrite for 
their lives during their absence on the voyage, for 
such a per centage. 

This was found to be a very profitable mode of ac- 
cumulating money; and in a short time stock com- 
panies were organized regularly for Life Insurance. 

This plan of insuring life, as a Joint Stock Com- 
pany in England, made some progress among a cer- 
tain class whose monied receipts were restricted sole- 
ly to their own efforts; and all of whose income 
would stop at the termination of live. It became, 
therefore, a matter of importance to provide for the 
actual wants of those who at their death would be 
thrown upon the cold charities of a heartless world. 

The rates of premiums charged for life insurance 
were so exorbitant on the stock system, as to pre- 
clude many persons of limited incomes from a par- 
ticipation in the proposed benefits and the conse- 
quence was, that the companies made very limited 
progress in insuring lives until they introduced the 
Mutual plan. 

In 1790, there were some six offices in Europe, 
and they were only doing a limited amount of busi-. 
ness; now, since the Mutual feature had been gen-. 
erally introduced, there are 85 offices in operation, 
doing an incredibly large amount of business annus. 


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ally. One of these companies, viz the Equitable, has 
accumulated a Capital of $50,000,000! This com- 
pany was established in 1762, without Capital, and 
commenced operations with 15 policies of small 
amounts, and was wholly dependant upon incoming 
applications for a fund sufficient to enable them to 
meet any loss occurring by the death of a member. 
They struggled on slowly, but surely, and at the end 
of 12 years they had 734 running policies; during 
the next ten years this number was increased to 
1608, and 1792, just 380 years from its commence- 
ment, it had 4640 policies. 

The Capital of the Company was now placed ur- 
on a foundation which could not be moved; and 
soon, companies based upon Mutual Principles, be- 
gan to multiply, and their benefits scattered broad 
cast over the length and breadth of the land. This 
“ Hquitable ’ Company of London has now between 
8000 and 9000 members, and its annual receipts con- 
siderably over two millions of dollars; its Capital 
$50,000,000, besides many millions which have been 
distributed for the benefit of the helpless and depend- 
ant. ‘Thousands of Widows, in the depth of their 
afflictions, have been enabled to recognise the super- 
intending care and goodness of that Providence, 
-which first led their husbands to apply for an insur- 
~ance of life; which had been the means of subsist- 
ence to themselves and the tender orphans confided 
to their care. | 

Many suppose that nothing like an accurate cal- 
culation of the mean duration of human life, can be 


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made; and that any attempt to base the chances of 

success upon the average bills of mortality, would . 
be exceedingly unsafe. In this opinion, however 
candidly entertained, there is a decided error. The 
experience of an accurate observation of nearly two 
hundred years has proved that it is possible to make 
a calculation of human life, which will not in that 
time, vary 6 per cent. 

The first table made in England showing, the ex- 
pectation of life at various ages, was by Dr. Price, 
from observations of the Bills of Mortality in 
Northampton: and fifty years subsequent to this time’ 


the Carlisle table was made by Joshua Milne, from 
observations of Dr. Heysham of Carlisle, — this was 
from 1779 to 1787. 

The decrements of life in these tables, differ very 
materially; the Northampton is much greater than 
the Carlisle: This discrepancy can readily be recon- 
ciled by taking into account the difference in the 
location of the two places. The Northampton Dis- 
trict is decidedly unhealthy; while the Carlisle, has 
always been regarded as one of the most healthy 
Districts in England. 

The Northampton tables make the whele number 
of persons embraced in their calculations, become 
extinct at the age of 96, andthe Carlisle at 104. 


Various other tabular views of the bills of mortali- 
ty have been compiled in various districts of Eng- 


land, and on the European Contioent, by men of 
deep research; and an immense amount of facts 
have thus been given to the world, which have form- 


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ed the basis of the law of average of human Life, 
and the value of Annuities, and a correct Scale, or 
Tariff of Premiums,on Life Insurance. 

Life insurance only guarantees the laws of average; 
it is not founded on the calculations whether death 


will, or will not happen. Death is inevitably the fate 
of all men. Every person born must die: but most 


live through a series of years; and the law of aver- 
age, and duration of human life, is reduced almost 
to an exact science, and furnishes a data upon which 
to base the operations of a Life Insurance Compa- 
ny; without subjecting it to any contingency which 
can impair its ability to meet its losses. In this 
respect it is very different from all other species of 
insurance. The insurer of a number of houses 
does not know whether a fire shail occur among his 
risks or not: the Underwriter for the vessel which 
leaves on a distant voyage, does not know whether 
the elements ‘shall be prosperous for the safety of 
the noble bark or otherwise. The Health Insurer 
does not know whether his subject shall continue 
well, or be taken sick. There is no positive data 
upon which to base the calculations of success, in 
companies of this kind; but, in hfe insurance, death 
is regarded as a fixed fact, “dust thou art, and unto 
dust thou shalt return ;’”’ and all the calculations are 
made in view of the final drama of human life. 
Among the different tables in use with Insurance 
Companies: the “ Carlisle,’ seems to be the favorite. 
Its calculations are found to apply with exceeding 
minuteness to the present experience of Insurance 


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Companies in the middle States of our Union, and 
all that have adopted it, seem to be doing a safe and 
profitable business. . 

The New York Mutual Life Insurance Company 
was organized upon the Carlisle Table in 1843, and 
is the oldest Mutual Life Company in America. It 
has now a capital of $800,000, and has been paying 
large dividends to its members ; its last dividend was 
52 per cent. on the amount of premium paid by its 
members for 5 years. Various other companies, 
based upon this table, have paid dividends varying 
from 80 to 50 per cent. after retaining a sufficient 
contingent fund to meet probable losses. 

Life Insurance Companies are divided into three 
classes, viz. Joint Stock, Mixed, and Mutual. The 
Joint Stock Company has a Capital furnished by 
Subscription as a means of investing Surplus funds; 
and whatever accumulation of profits occur they 
are placed to the credit of each Stockholder as a 
Speculation on his part. Ina Mixed Company there 
is a partial division of profits, according to the mode 
fixed for a division of profits among themselves. 

With the Mutual Company all life insurers are 
equally entitled to the profits of the Company, in 
proportion to ‘the amount of premiums by them 
respectively paid; and all members are entitled to a 
voice in the deliberations of the Company. The - 
Mutual plan presents strong inducements to the in- 
surer, Whether in reference to early death or long 
protracted life. According to the Stock System a 
person being 25 years of age and insuring $5,000. 


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would have to pay $120, allowing this policy to fall 
due at 59 years of age, viz. 34 years after insuring. 
This annual amount is compounded according to 
standard tables at 4 per cent per annum. The value 
therefore, of thése 34 annual payments, will amount 
to $8,382, and, at his death, his heirs will receive 
only the $5,000 originally insured, showing a loss to 
the insurer of $3,382, being the amount of premium 
and interest paid by him during the 34 years. 

Let us now take an insurance of the same amount 
and same age, and trace its operations under the 
mutual system. At 25 years of age, his premium 
would be $120, the duration 34 years, the value of 
the 34 annual payments, compounded at 4 per cent. 
per annum, will be $8,382, the accumulated profits 
of this 34 years, by the data we have taken, viz. 
(the “ Equitable” of London.) gives to this insurance 
$11,250, which, added to the sum insured, viz. 
- $5,000, produce the amount of $16,350, payable at 
the death of the insured, being an excess over the 
cost of insurance of $7,868, and a nett gain in 
favor of the mutual system of $11,250. The rates 
of premium, would of course vary, according as a 
company charged more or less premiums; and the 
result would be varied by the difference of interest 
charged in the State where the office was located. 

A peculiar case is mentioned in the Equitable 
Society of London, which we think further illus- 
trates the signal benefits of insurance on the mutual 
plan. An insurance of $5,000 in this company, 
eflected in 1780, produced the following results: in 


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1793, the value was $7,600; in 1802, $10,050; and 
in 1834, a period of 54 years, the insurance origi- 
nally of $5,000, was increased to the immense 
amount of 29,800, nearly six times that ef the in- 
surance. These are results in a country where im- 
vestments upon an average do not produce over 4 
per cent. per annum, and, moreover, are not incl- 
dental to a few years of unusually prosperous busi- 
ness; but are the gradual growth, and continual 
experience, of three quarters of a century. 

‘These enormous -profits were, ef ceurse, not re- 
stricted solely to the regular interest of the funds ef 
the company, but were increased by the following 
circumstances, to which Mr. Morgan, the Actuary 
of this society, alludes, in-an annual address, viz: 
The expired insurances and cancelled policies, form 
a very material part.of these profits ; another which 
he considers a perpetual source of profit, is the 
probabilities of life among the members being much: 
higher than those given by the table. It was found 
that where the table gave 4, the experience of the 
company gave enly:3. “This disparity arose -prin¢- 
pally from admitting none but good lives. ‘Te illus- 
trate this matter still further, since the year 1800, : 
this society has had an average of 8,000 members, 
the estimated annual number of deaths by the table 
is 247, whereas, the actual number was but 194, or 
63 less than those in the table, which is made the 
foundation ef its whole practice. The average 
amount of insurance on those individual lives, is 
$6,818 ; this sum, multiplied by 53, give $361,354. 


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Their funds were further increased by large in- 
vestments being made in stocks during the war at. 
greatly depressed prices, and after the restoration of 
peace, in 1815, these stocks were considerably ad- 
vanced. But aside from these incidental causes of 
exorbitant profits to a mutual company, its princi- 
ples, carefully carried out, wilk. im every case, pro- 
duce eventually large dividends. 

Circumstances occurring, of such a nature as to 
render the continuance of a member impracticable, 
he may, after a few years, surrender his policy, and 
receive a certain valuation for it- The principle 
ordinarily used for determining the value of a policy, 
is, take the premium at the age of surrender, and 
deduct from it the premium the party has been pay- 
ing, multiply the difference by the value of an an- 
nuity at the age of surrender, and this will give the 
value; but, inasmuch as none bat good lives ordi- 
narily surrender, one third is deducted frem this 
calculation, take an example—a man 45 years of 
age takes out a policy for $1,000, and at the age of 
55, ten years afterwards, he surrenders it, during this 
time he has paid to the company $373. 

Annual premium at surrender, $57,80 

Annual premium when taken out, 37,30 

Difference, $20,50 
Multiply this difference by the value of an annuity 
at the age of surrender, and deduct one third, and 
the nett amount coming to the policy will be $167,10, 
this amount would be increased by any extra invest- 





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ments of the funds of the company. 

In'a calculation made by the Mutual Insurance 
Company of New York, a person at the age of 30 
taking a policy of $1,000, and allowing that he lives 
through the expectation of life, ie. 834 years and 4 
months, by the Carlisle Table, at his death his family 
would receive $3,250. This insurance would of 
course yleld a greater or less amount, as his life 
might fall short, or be prolonged beyond the expec- 
tation table. 

We have thus presented to the public, a brief and 
condensed account of the rise and progress of the 
Life Insurance principle; and the general reader 
will, no doubt, be forcibly reminded of the onward 
march of that elevated order of intellect, which has 
been able, with so.much precision, to ascertain the 
average termination of human life. | 

It now remains for us to direct more especial at- 
tention to the precise principles upon which the N: 
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company propo- 
ses to. conduct its operations, and then close our 
remarks by a brief appeal to the people of this State, 
to stand by and sustain our home Institutions, in — 
preference to sending their funds to assist in building 
up other States of the Union. 

This company proposes to effect insurance on the 
lives of all sound and healthy individuals, during 
the whole period of life, or as much less as per- 
sons may desire; and in order. to offer as strong in- 
-ducements as may be consistent with the °safety 
of the Mutual System to all insurers, they pro- 


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pose, that on all: life policies the) premiums ‘on 
which, amount to $30 and upwards, that they. will 
require only half to be paid in cash, and the bal- 
ance in a note at 12 months with lawful interest. 

The benefits of this regulation, are very appar- 
ent, in view of the fact that many persons desirous: 
‘of insuring their lives, have limited means, and can. 
only spare a small amount at a time from their daily 
receipts. Another very important feature in this 
company is, that the charter gives the privilege. te 
to a Husband to insure his own life for the benefit 
of his Wife and Children, without any liability to 
have the amount diverted to the payment of any 
. contracts, or debts of his own; and in like manner 
the Wife may insure the life of her husband, sub- 
ject to the same regulations; these are highly im- 
portant features in our:charter, which will no doubt 
readily commend themselves to the attention of the 
intelligent reader. ‘This company also gives an an- 
nual division of profits to all. life insurers, and pro- 
poses to charge no more for insurance than actual 
cost. The abundant. success which has attended 
other companies, based upon similar principles, leaves 
no doubt as to the efficiency of the institution, and 
also its’ ability promptly to discharge all claims oc- 
curing against it. The Mutual Benefit Insurance 
Company of New Jersey, during a period of 3 years’ 
existence, issued 4,276. policies upon this plan, and 
had, at their report of 1848, assets amounting to 
$444,314.82. and declared a dividend of 35 per 
cent. per annum. 


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The North Carolina Company will also insure 
the lives of all healthy slaves for a period of from 
one to 5 years: but, in no case can their owners or 
insurers participate in the profits of the company. 

All premiums for policies on slaves must be paid 
in cash. The insurance on slaves in this State opens 
a new field of thought to our Planters, and other 
slave owners, and proposes to secure them in the 
possession of that kind of property, which consti: 
tutes half of the actual wealth of the State. 

This company will also grant policies on joint 
lives, to commence at any given time, the parties 
being in good health. An insurance may be effected 
on two joint lives, payable in the event of either of 
the lives failing, or payable upon the contingency of 
a life R surviving that of B, and it may, for a stipu- 
lated sum, be made payable at the death of R, pro- 
vided B should survive him; or it may be in the 
form of an annuity, payable to B, in the event of his 
surviving R, commencing at the death of R, and 
being continued during the life of B. This method 
is sometimes desirable. A man, for instance, might 
wish to make provision for his wife’s benefit, in the 
event of her surviving him. This insurance would 
be made for a less premium than would be charged on 
condition of being payable at the death of R, with- 
out this contingency. 

We have abundantly shown in our previous re- 
marks and examples that the more desirable mode of 
insurance is a life policy. This gives all the full 
benefits of the system, so far as profits are concern- 


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ed, and also secures the party against the unpleasant 
contingency of being cut off from the benefits of the 
Company, at atime when his general health shall be 
so much impaired as to render it impracticable for 
the Company to renew his insurance. In this im- 
mergency, finding death staring him in the face, the 
unhappy reflection is forced upon him, that he has to 
leave his wife and children to the charities of a sel- 
fish world. : 

The conditions of an Insurance for the whole con- 
tinuance of life, are such as to admit of no contin- 
gency as to the final loss. The loss must come, and 
it cannot therefore be expected, that an Insurance for 
life will be taken at as low a rate, as fora term of 
years. Therefore an adequate premium must be 
charged in view of a final loss ; and in all such cases 
our premium will be found to be at the maximum 
rates, varying of course, as the ages of the party 
may vary at the time of insuring. 

In concluding these remarks, permit us to appeal 
to the intelligent people of North Carolina, to stand 
by and sustain this Home Institution, with that zeal 
and fidelity which so pre-eminently characterises our 
people. Give us your aid and influence in every 
honorable manner that you can, show your appreci- 
ation of the signal benefits which this institution pro- 
poses to confer upon our people, and retain for cir- 
culation among yourselves, that immense amount of 
funds, which is now flowing annually from our State, 
for purposes of Life Insurance, and going directly to 
build up and strengthen other portions of country. 


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Itis a subject every way worthy of your serious 
regard and most active labors, it is a noble and most 
beautiful science, and is destined, sooner or later, to 
work a mighty change in ameliorating the general 
state of society, and elevating its moral character ; 
the gentle dawnings of the twilight which precedes. 
the coming day, are already sufficiently marked a- 
cross the broad horizon of'society, and soon, very: 
soon, the pure eflulgence of ameredian sun, will dis- 
perse the last vestige of superstition and doubt, which 
has occupied the mind of the people, as to the proprie- 
ty of this system; and its great benefits will stand bold- 
ly forth, challenging the admiration, and winning the 
approval, of all well regulated minds. 


BY-LAWS. 


1. The Officers of this Company shall consist 
of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasu- 
rer, Attorney, and a Medical Board of Consultation, 
consisting of Three. 

2. There shall be an Executive Committee, con- 
sisting of three, appointed annually from the Board 
of Directors. 

3. The President shall preside at all meetings of 
the Board of Directors, sign all Policies of Insurance, 
call special meetings of the Board of Directors, when 
requested in writing, signed by three Directors, 
and exercise a general superintendance over the af- 
fairs of the Company, and in his absence, the Vice 
President shall discharge the same duties. 

4. The Secretary shall keep a record of the pro- 
ceedings of the Board of Directors, Ex. Committee, 
and of the Company; preserve the premium notes and 
applications ; shall keep a General and Termination 
Register; a Journal and Ledger; a Book of Aliena- 
tions and Surrenders, he shall collect all assess- 
ments that may be made, and once in thirty days 
pay over tothe Treasurer, all monies in his hands be- 
longing to the Company, and take his receipt for the 
same It shall be his duty to give notice of the election 

of Directors as provided ape Act of Incorporatien. 
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He shall give a bond, with such sureties as the Ex- 
ecutive Committee shall approve, in the penal sum 
of Five ‘Thousand Dollars, conditioned for the faith- 
ful performance of his duty as Secretary. 

5. The Treasurer shall have the care of all the 
money belonging to the company, and shall keep a 
correct account of all receipts and disbursements: all 
payments by the Tresurer shall be made upon war- 
rant from the President, attested by the Secretary: 
and such payment, so attested, shall be a good and 
sufficient voucher forthe Tres. in the settlement of 
his account. He shall give abond to the company, to 
be approved by the Ex. Com. in the penal sum of 
Ten Thousand Dollars, conditioned for the faithful 
discharge of his duty as Treasurer. He shall render, 
account of his trust when requested by the Board or 
fixecutive Committee. 

6. The Executive Committee shall audit all ac- 
counts presented for payment, and possess the pow- 
er to transact the business of the Company, in the 
absence of the Board of Directors; shall examine all 
applications for Insurance, and, if approved by them, 
the Secretary shall issue a Policy thereon. 

7. The members of this Company shall hold a 
meeting annually, for the purpose of electing a Board 
of Directors, on the first Monday in July in each 
year, at the Office of the Company. 

8. Persons proposing for Insurance, must fill the. 

application blanks furnished by the Company; the 
party to be Insured, must be examined by the 
Family Physician of the Party, and a Medical . 


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Hixaminer of the Company and, previous to being - 
Insured, deposit his Application and premium 
Note, if any, with the Secretary of said Company, 
and if approved by the Executive Committee, the 
Policy shall bear date with the . Application, and 
shall take effect at noon of that day. 

9. Premium on Policies for Life, for thirty dollars 
or over, per annum, may be paid as follows—viz. 
one half in cash, and one half ina Note, at twelve 
months, bearing interest at six per cent. per annum. 

Premium on all Policies for a less period than 

the duration of life, shall be paid.in cash. The appli- 
- cant will in all cases pay one dollar for Policy, and 
one dollar for Application. ‘ 

16. Parties Insuredat the table rates of premium, 
are not allowed to pass South of the Southern line 
of South—Carolina and Tennessee, nor west of the 
Mississippi River, between the 15th of June and the 
15 of October, without the written consent of the 
Company, but may reside or travel North of the 
lines named above, on any of the regular mail 
routes by Steam Boat or other conveyance. 

11. A party neglecting to settle his annual pre- 
mium,-to pay the per centage when called for by 
the Directors, within forty days after tt is due, or to 
pay assessments, when called for, within forty days, 
shall forfiet all the interest he has in the Policy, 
also, in case the party shall exceed the limits pre- 
scribed in Policy for residence, or travel upon the 
seas, without the written consent of the Company, 
and shall die in consequence thereof, or shall die 


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by the hands of justice, or in an attempt to violate 
any law. of the land where, he may happen ‘to. be, 
or ina duel, or by his own hand (except in case. of 
insanity, whereof written notice has been previ- 
ously given to the Company, or where it is clearly 
proven to have existed,) or if the party enters into 
any military or naval service, (the militia, not in ac- 
tual service excepted,) he shall forfeit his Policy, all 
monies paid, and all profits due threon. 

12. Within forty days from the first Monday in 
July, in each year, a statement, or annual report of 
the affairs of the Company, and an annual dividend 
of the profits, shall be made, when all Policies for life, 
which have been renewed prior to said dividend, and 
then in force, shall have their per centage of profits 
carried to their credit; ali partics insured, who have 
paid their premium in full, upon which a dividend has 
been declared, may receive a certificate from the 
Company, for such profits, and those who have re- 
newed. their notes, will be credited with their propor- 
tion of profits. In case of the death of any member, 
the amount then standing to his or her credit, shall be 
paid over to the representatives, or heirs of said par- 
ty, after deducting all indebtedness to the Company. 

13. All claims for Insurance against the Company, 
shall be paid within ninety days after due notice, and 
proof of the death of the party, all indebtedness to 
the Company, upon said Policy, to be deducted. 

14. Should the party insured, during the continu- 
ance of the Policy, die from drunkenness, he shall 
forfeit the Policy, and all claims upon the Company. 


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15. The Board of Directors or Executive Com- 
mittee, may appoint so many agents as they may 
deem necessary, for the better management of the 
affairs of this Company. The Secretary, or any 
Directors may take application, for Insurance. 

16. Slaves may be insured by their owners, or 
others interested, for two thirds of their value only, 
for a term not exceeding five years; and the Insur- 
ance on slaves shall be governed by the above rules 
and conditions, adopted for the reguJation of this 
Company. But slaves are not allowed to travel be- 
yond the limtts of the State in which they are insured. 

17. If a Policy is assigned, notice to be given the 
Company, and the party to whom the Policy is 
transferred, must sign all premium. notes with the 
Insured. 

18. The Company will decline all applications for 
insurance, on persons whose pulse is uniformly 
over ninety. 


PROOFS OF LOSS REQUIRED. 


A certificate of the Physician who attended the 
party in his last illness, stating particularly the na- 
ture of the disease, its duration, and the time he 
died. 

A certificate of a friend or intimate acquaintance, 
stating how long he was sick, and that he was pres- 
ent during his illness, or at his death, and that he is 
knowing to his death. 

A certificate of the undertaker, or sexton, who 
attended the funeral of the party, and saw his re- 
mains interred. | 

These several certificates must be sworn or af- 
firmed to, before a magistrate, or some one empow- 
ered to administer an oath or affirmation. 


NECESSARY RECEIPT. 


When it is a wife’s policy on the life of her hus- 
band, or of a party insurmg the life of another, or 
in case of an assigned policy, a receipt on the policy 
is sufficient, from the parties holding such policies. 
But when a party insures his own life, in case of 
loss, the insurance must be collected by an Executor 
or Administrator legally authorized to settle the 
estate, and the policy must be surrendered, receipted 
by the Executor or Administrator, 


CHIARTBRo 
—Sa— 


An Act to Incorporate a Mutual Life Insurance 
Company in the State of North Carolina. 


1. Be tt enacted by the General Assembly of the 
State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted 
by the authority of the same, That soun 4. MANLY, 
HENRY W. MILLER, PERRIN BUSBEE, H. W. HUSTED, WM. 
H. MC KEE, WM. W. HOLDEN, WM. D. COOKE, WM. H. 
JONES, JAMES F. JORDAN, CHARLES B. ROOT, CHARLES E. 
JOHNSON, WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD, WILLIAM R. SCOTT, 
and others, their associates, successors and assigns, 
shall be and are hereby constituted and declared to 
be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, 
by the name of the North Carolina Mutual life In- 
surance Company, to be located at such place in the 
City of Raleigh, as shall be designated by a majority 
of the Company present at any regular meeting, 
and by that name, they end their successors, shall 
and may have succession during the continuance of 
this Act, and shall be capable of suing and being 
sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and 
being answered unto, defending and being defended, 
in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters 
and causes whatscever; and that they and their suc- 
cessors may have @ common seal, and may alter 
and change the same at pleasure: And also, that 


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they and their successors by the name of “run NorTH 
CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CompANy shall be 
in law capable of purchasing, holding and convey- 
ing any estate, real or personal, for the use of said 
corporation. 

2. Beit further enacted, That all persons who 
shall at any time hereafter insure in. or with the cor- 
poration, shall, while they continue so insured, be 
deemed and taken as Members of the said corpora- 
tion; and that the property and concerns of the said 
corporation, shall be managed by thirteen Directors, 
all of whom shall be citizens of this State to be cho- 
sen annually, by .and from among the members, and 
shall hold their office for one year, and until others 
are chosen: and that a meeting of the‘members of the 
corporation shall be held annually, for the purpose of 
electing a Board of Directors, at such time and 
place, in the city of Raleigh, as the corporation in 
its by-laws shall appoint: of which election public 
notice shall be given in at least one of the Public 
Newspapers printed in said city, at least thirty days _ 
preceding such election ; and such election shall be 
made by ballot and a plurality of the votes of the 
members present, allowing to each member one vote 
for every one hundred dollars insured in said com- 
pany: and if any of the said Directors shall die, re- 
fuse to serve, or neglect to act in their said office for 
the ‘space of two months, then, and in every such 
case, the remaining Directors shall have power-to 
fill such vacancies, until the next annual meeting.’ 

3. Beit further enacted, That*it shall and may. 


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be lawful for the said Corporation to insure their res- 
pective lives, and to make all and every insurance 
appertaining to or connected with Life risks of what- 
soever kind or nature as well of the sound in health 
as the infirm or invalid. 

4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful 
for any married woman, by herself and in her own 
name, or in the name of any third person, with his 
assent, as her trustee to cause to be insured for her 
sole use, the life of her husband, for any definite pe- 
riod, or for the time of his natural life: and in case of 
her surviving her husband, the same or nett amount 
of the insurance becoming payable to her, to and for 
her own use, free from the claims of the representa- 
tives of her husband or any of his creditors. 

5. Be it further enacted, That the husband may 
insure his own life, for the sole use and benefit of his 
wife or children, and in case of the death of the hus- 
‘band, the amount thus insured shall be paid over to 
the wife or children, er their guardian if under age, 
for her or their own use, free from ail the: claims of 
the representatives of the husband or any of his 
creditors. 

6. Be it further enacted, That the Directors for 
the time being, or a majority of them, shall have pow- 
er to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules and re- 
gulations as to them shall appear needful and proper 
for the management and disposition of the stock, pro- 
perty, estate and effects of the said corporation, and 
for all such matters as appertain to the business there- 
of, and shall have power to appoint such officers, 


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clerk and agents for carrying on the business of the 
Corporation as they may select, with such allowan- 
ces as to them shall appear just and satisfactory: Pro- 
vided that such By-laws, rules and regulations, shall 
not be repugnant to the constitution or laws of the 
United States, or of this. State. 
_ 1. Be it further enacted, That no policy shall be 
issued by this Corporation, until application shall be 
made for insurance for fifty thousand dollars at least. 

8. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall con- 
tinue in force for fifty years. 

.9. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall 
aN effect immediately after its ratification. 


Annual Rates of Insurance Of one HUNDRED DOLLARS, On & 


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Annual Rates of Insurance of One Hundred Dol- 
lars on the Life of a Slave for one year, and for 


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12 118k 1,30 3. yl 1,69 1,88 
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CASES ILLUSTRATING THE BENEFITS 
OF LIFE INSURANCE. 


The following cases are selected from among 
hundreds of a similar character, as illustrating the 
advantages of Life Insurance, and the danger of de- 
lay in effecting it. | 

A highly respectable and wealthy Merchant, of 
New York, took out a Life Policy for the benefit of 
his wife, in the sum of $5,000, at the annual pre- 
mium 4 $152.50; a few months thereafter, adverse 
fortune swept off his fortune, and a lingering disease. 
terminated his life in less than eighteen months; two 
annual payments had been made to the Company, 
and his widow received. from it, $5;000. 

A Lawyer, residing in one of the southern States, 
took out a policy on his life, in the sum of $5,000, 
at the annual premium of $150, for the benefit of 
his wife: his death occurred in fifteen months there- 
after, two annual payments had been made to the 
Company, his widow:received from it, $5,000. 

A Gentleman, residing in the State of Indiana, on 
the 19th of August, took out a policy on his life for 
$3,000; but one payment was made, of $102, He 
died on the 19th of September, and his widow re- 
ceived the sum insured, $3,000 

A Book-Keeper, in a highly respectable mercan- 
tile house in New York, through the persuasion of 


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his employers, was induced to take out a policy on 
his life, for the benefit’of his wife and children, in 
the sum of $1,000, at the annual premium of $25,- 
70; a sudden illness from scarlet fever carried him 
off in‘ ten days; two annual payments had been 
made, and his widow, in a few days after his death, 
received from the Company, 1,000 dollars; had it 
not been for this provision, she would have been left 
in destitute circumstances. On . 

A Merchant, in one of the southern States had a 
debt due him of 5,000 dollars; knowing that its 
ultimate payment depended on the continuance of 
the life of his debtor, he took out a policy on it in 
an office, for that sum; one year’s premium had 
been paid, of $161,84: Soon after he was attacked 
with a severe illness, which terminated his life.— 
‘The Company, on presentation of the requisite 
proofs of his death, paid the sum insured, and by 
this precautionary measure, he unexpectedly, and 
suddenly, realized a doubtful claim. 

A young Lady, effected an insurance on her own 
life for $2,000, for the benefit of her parents, who 
were aged, and entirely dependent upon the earn- 
ings of their daughter. She died during the year, 
and her parents were secured from want. at Aeeb” 

A Young Mechanic in Boston, took out a joint. 
insurance on his own life and that of his wife, so 
that whenever either should die, the other would 
receive the’ sum insured. ‘T'wo years afterwards, 
the wife was attacked with Typhoid Fever, in the 
depth of a severe winter; at the time one of the 


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children fell: sick with Scarlet Fever. He was 
obliged to neglect his business, and watch day and 
night beside his afflicted family. His small stock of 
savings was soon exhausted, for he lived upon his 
daily labor. After several weeks his child recovered ; 
but, worn out with watching and anxiety, he was 
seized with a fever which settled upon his lungs, al- 
though he had never been sick before in his life. He 
had now no money—and no prospect, of receiving 
any. He sent for a frisnd, told him his circum- 
stances, and requested him to loan him some money ; 
at the same time assigning tae policy to him, and 
appointing him his Executor. His friend advanced 
the money, and, in two weeks more, the wife died, 
and the amount of their policy was paid to his friend, 
who immediately invested it for his benefit, after 
deducting the amount advanced. After three months 
more, he died, and left $750 for his two children, 
who were adopted by relatives, and the money is 
now accumulating for them when they shall arrive 
at maturity. . 

A Olergyman, aged 30, possessed of an income of 
$2,500 per annum, desirous of securing his wife 4 
sum sufficient for her support in the event of his 
death, insured his. life for $10,000, the annual pre- 
mium. was $225; not a tenth of his income, and he 
having unexpectedly died after two payments had 
been. made, his widow received. $10,000; which ena- 
bled her to maintain a state of comfortable. inde- 
pendence during life. | 

A Merchant of Philadelphia, made,application, for 


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a policy upon his life; all the necessary papers were 
made out upon which to issue a policy, which was 
made by the company; but the premium was not 
settled previous to his departure for New York, 
where he was suddenly called upon business. Upon 
his return home, in crossing the Delaware, he was 
thrown into the river and drowned. Thus, by ne- 
glecting to settle the premium, his family lost the 
benefit they would otherwise have derived from the 
insurance. 

A Legal Gentleman took out a policy of $7,500, 
and having taken a severe cold, ruptured a blood 
vessel during a paroxism of coughing, which caused 
his death, this occurred after only two annual pay- 
ments had been made, and the wife received $7,5000. 

A Medical Gentleman whose practice gave $1,500 
per annum, reflecting upon the precarious tenure of 
his health in the sphere of his duties, which neces- 
sarily exposed him to the constant vicissitudes of 
the weather, besides bringing him frequently in 
contact with persons having infectious diseases, took 
out a policy for $5,000, and, after being insured 4 
years, he died of a malignant fever, caught on a 
professional visit, and his widow thus obtained 
5,000. 

A Young married man opene da dru gstore, and 
was induced, by his wife’s friends to insure his life 
for $5,000; shortly after this, the cholera made its 
appearance, and the party fell a victim. The as- 
sets of the deceased were little more than sufficient 
to pay his creditors, and had it not been for the in- 


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surance on his life, his family would have been leit 
destitute, as it was, they received the $5,000 of In 
surance. . | 

A young man in a public office, with a salary of 
1,000 dollars, having married at the age of twenty 
five, very prudently insured his life for 6,000 dollars. 
At the age of twenty nine, he was unfortunately 
drowned in the indeavor to save his brother from 
the same fate; in ‘this case four annual payments 
had been made, which amounted to $416, and his 
widow received $6,060. . 

A farmer insured his life for $2,000, during. the 
next fall, at harvest time, he was thrown from his 
waggon and killed instantly. His widow received 
$2,500, which enabled her to carry on the farm, 








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LIFE INSURANCE: 
ITS PRINCIPLES, OPERATIONS AFD BENEFITS, 


AS PRESENTED BY THE 


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MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 


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RALEIGH: 
SEATON GALES, PUBLISHER—REGISTER QFFICE. 





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Mutual Life Insurance Company. 
ESTABLISHED AT RALEIGH, N. C. 
{ncorporated by the Legistature, January, 1849. 


—$———E ——— SO 


| Directors: 
JOHN H. MANLY, WILLIAM D. COOKE, 


R.eBeHAY WOOD, WILLIAM H. JONES, 
PERRIN BUSBEE, JAMES F. JORDAN, 
H. W. HUSTED, CHARLES B. ROOT, 


WILLIAM H. McKEE, CHARLES E. JOHNSON, Jr. 
WILLIAM W. HOLDEN, | WM. D. HAYWOOD, .__ 
WILLIAM R. SCOTT. ~ 


CHARLES E. JOHNSON, Jr., President. 
de WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD, Vice Presid nt. 
JAMES F. JORDAN, Secretary. 


WILLIAM D. COOKE, 
WILLIAM R. SCOTT, Executive Committee. 
CHARLES B. ROOT, 


C. E. JOHNSON, M. D. | Medical Board of 


WM. H. McKEE, M. D. Consultation. 


R. B. HAYWOOD, M. D. 
WILLIAM H. McKEE, M. D., Medical Examiner. 
WILLIAM H. JONES, Treasurer. 

PERRIN BUSBEE, -4ttorney. 


J. HERSMAN, 

GEORGE T. COOKE, 

WESLEY WHITAKER, ravelling Agents. 
R. P. WARING, 

G. E. B. SINGELTARY, | 

S. H. YOUNG, Agent for South Carolina. 

















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URE TASERANE 


Its Principles, Operations and Benefits, 





The Board of Directors of the North Carolina Mutual Life 
Insurance Company, owing to the increasing demand for infor- 
mationon the subject of Life Insurance, which has already exhaus- 
ted an issue of 1000 Pamphlets, have deemed it necessary to make 
a new issue; and in doing so, have thought proper to revise the 
original, so as to embrace such alterations and additions to the 
rules and regulations, as have been found to be necessary. 

It is gratifying to the Board to be able to state to the Members 
_of the Company, that the business has been unexpectedly large, 
with a gradual and healthy increase. This success is not the re- 
sult of any. variation in practice from the mode of operations pur- 
sued by other well-regulated Companies, nor because the Direc- 
tors have introduced any new or deceptive feature in the legiti- 
mate transactions of Life Insurance; but is plainly attributable to 
the fact, that the Company is organized on purely mutual princi- 
ples—that its Charter is a wise and liberal one in its provisions, 
and that it is in truth, emphatically a Home Instirurion.— 
Since the Company went into operarion, in April last, it has, up 
to September, issued more than two hundred and forty Policies ! 
nor has it yet sustained a single loss. This fact speaks for itself; 
and is most gratifying evidence, that the people of North Caroli- 
na and our neighbor States of the South, are satisfied of the ne- 
cessity and policy of such an Institution; and furthermore, are 
both disposed and determined to give it a liberal patronage. 
We do not mistake the public feeling in this regard. Many per- 
sons who, since they have become acquainted with the principles 
of our Institution and its plan of operations, and who for years 
past have been insured in ‘‘ Foreign Companies,” have transfer- 
| red their Policies to this Company ; and many others will doubt- 





























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Tess do Tikewise, as their annual premiums fall due. And why 
mot? Why should the citizens of the Southern States leave home 
| to seek insurance elsewhere? Our rates are as liberal as others: 
The privileges conferred by our Charter are as ample and accepta- 
ble, as others: The Institution is located in our own midst, and 
is: subject to the immediate supervision and control of its mem- 
| bers: And enjoying the advantages of the experience of others 
| that have preceded it, similarly ceuablithed on the principle of 
| Mutual benefits and Mutual liabilities, it may reasonably hope, 
| like every other well regulated Company in this Country and in 
| Europe, that its purposes will be fully accomplished, and its efforts 
+ crowned with entire success. Indeed it cannot be denied that 
_ this Company has even thus early taken its stand among the ol- 
| dest and best Institutions of the kind in this Country: and before 
_ the first annual meeting of its members, it is confidently expected 
_ to out-strip.many companies that have been in operation for years ; 


_ then why, we repeat, should our citizens annually send away - 


- thousands of dollars, which might be advantageously retained in 
our midst? It is estimated that more than $100,000 are annu- 
ally sent from this State to be invested in life Pohcies; and the 
same amount, or more perhaps, from South Carolina, Georgia, 
Tennessee and Virginia. Surely these investments have not 


_ been made abroad from preference. On the contrary, they have’ 


_ rather been from the fact that there has been heretofore no In- 
stitution of the kind, near home, organized as this is, to claim 
_ the public confidence and support. 

_ The Board have a high satisfaction in congratulating the Mion: 
bers of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company on 
_ the unexampled success which -has thus far attended our efforts, 
- and the cheering prospects of its continued growth, pee pena and 
_ usefulness. 

| - Until within a very few years past, Life Insurance in this coun- 
_ try was not known, except through the agencies of a few Euro- 
_ pean companies in our more populous cities > and the first attempt 
| to establish such companies in this country was regarded as an 
| infringement upon the decrees of that Superintending Provi- 
dence which hath ‘ appointed unto all men once to die.” Many 
supposed, that, being unwilling to confide our destinies to the Su- 











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LIFE INSURANCE. ¥ 





preme Ruler of the Universe, we were about te transfer. the sate- 
ty of human life to the keeping of our fellow men. 

In 1790, there were sonte six offices in Europe, and they’ were 
only doing a limited amount of business; now, since the Mutual 
feature has been generally introduced, there are 85 offices in 
operation, doing an incredibly large amount of business annually. 
One of these companies, viz. the Equitable, has accumulated a 
Capital of $50,000,000! This company was established in 1762, 
without Capital, and commenced operations with 15 policies of 


‘small amounts, and was wholly dependant. upon incoming appli- 


cations for afund sufficient to enable them to meet any loss oc- 
curring by the death of a member. They struggled on slowly, 
but surely, and at the end of 12 years, they had 734 running poli- 
cies; during the next ten years, this number was increased to 
1608, andin 1792, just 30 years from its commencement, it had 
4640 policies. | 

Many suppose that nothing like an accurate calculation of the 
mean duration of human life, can be made; and that any attempt 
to base the chances of success upon the average bills of mortality, 
would be exceedingly unsafe. In this opinion, however candidly 
entertained, there is a decided error.. The experience of an.ac- 
curate observation of nearly two hundred years, has proved that it 
is possible to make a calculation of human life, which will notin 
that time vary 6 per cent. ea 

The first table made in England, showing the ste Bion of 
life at various ages, was by ‘Dr. Price, from observations of the 
Bills of Mortality. in Northampton: and fifty years subsequent to 
this time, the Carlisle table was made by J oshua Milne, from ob- 
servations of Dr. Heysham of Carlisle—this was from 1779 to | 
1787. ) } 7 dacesdiacw 

The decrements of life in these tables, differ very materially ; 
the Northampton is much greater than the Carlisle: This discre- 
pancy can readily be reconciled by taking into account the dif- 
ference in the location of the places. The Northampton District 
is decidedly unhealthy ; while the Carlisle has always been re- 
garded as one of the most healthy Districts in England. 

The Northampton table makes the whole number of persons 
embraced in their calculations, become extinct at the age of 96, 











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and the Carlisle at 104. Various. other tabular views of the bills 
of mortality have been compiled in. various districts of England, 
and on the European Continent, by men of deep research ; and 
an immense amount of facts have (hos been given to the world, 
which have formed the basis of the law of: average of human Life, 
and the value of Annuities, and a corrent Scale, or Tariff, of Pre- 
miums, on Life Insurance. 


Life insurance only guarantees the laws Pe average ; it is not 
founded on the calculations whether death will, or will not hap- 


pen. Death is inevitably the fate of all men. Every person born- 


must die: but most live. through.a series of years; and the law 
of average, and duration of human life, is reduced almost-to an 
exact science, and furnishes a data upon which to base the opera- 
tions of a Life Insurance Company, without subjecting it to any 
contingency which can impair its ability to meet its losses. In 
this respect it is very different from all other species of insurance. 
The Insurer of a number of houses does not know whether a fire 
shall occur among his risks or not: the Underwriter for the ves- 
sel which leaves on a distant voyage, does not know whether the 
elements shall be prosperous for the safety of the noble bark or 
otherwise: the Health Insurer does not know whether his sub- 
ject shall continue well, or be taken sick. There is no positive 
data upon which to base the calculations of success, in companies 
of this kind; but, in life insurance, death is regarded as a fixed 
fact—‘‘ dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return ;’”’ and all 
the calculations are made in view of the final drama of human life. 

Among the different tablesin use with Insurance Companies, 
the ‘Carlisle’ seems to be the favorite. «Its calculations are 
found to apply with exceeding minuteness to the present exper- 
ience. of Insurance Comminibas in the middle States of our Union, 
and all that have adopted it, seem to be doing a safe and profi- 
table business. : 

Life Insurance Companies are divided: into fifa ‘aes V1Z. 
Joint Stock, Mixed, and Mutual. The Joint Stock Company has 
a Capital furnished by Subscription as a means of investing sur- 
plus funds; and whatever accumulation of profits occur, they are 
placed to the credit of each Stockholder as a speculation on his 
part.. Ina Mixed Company, there isa partial division of profits 








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according to the mode fixed for a division of profits among them- 
selves. ' 

With the Mutual Company, all life insurers are equally entitled 
to the profits of the Company, in proportion to the amount of pre- 
miums by them respectively paid; and all members are entitled 
to a voice in the deliberations of the Company. The Mutual 
plan presents strong inducements to the insurer, whether in refer- 
ence to early death or long protracted life. According to the 
Stock System, a person being 25 years of age and insuring $5,000, 


‘would have to pay $120, allowing this policy to fall due at 59 


years of age, viz. 34 years after insuring. This annual amount 
is compounded according to standard tables at 4 per cent per 
annum. ‘The value therefore, of these 34 annual payments, will 
amount to $8,382, and, at his death, his heirs will receive only 
the $5,000 originally insured, showing a loss to the insurer of 
$3,382, being the amount of premium and interest paid by him 
during the 34 years. 

Let us now take an insurance of the same amount and same 
age, and trace its operations under the mutual system. At 25 
years of age, his premium would be $120, the duration 34 years, 
the value of the 34 annual payments, compounded at 4 per cent. 
per annum, will be $8,382, the accumulated profits of this 34 
years, by the data we have taken, viz. (the ‘“ Equitable” of Lon- 
don,) gives to this insurance $11,250, which, added to the sum 
insured, viz. $5,000, produce the amount of $16,350, payable 
at the death of the insured, being an excess over the cost of in- 
surance of $7,868, and a nett gain in favor of the mutual system 
of $11,250. The ratesof premium would of course vary, accor- 
ding as a company charged more or less premiums; and the re- 
sult would be varied by the difference of interest charged in the 
State where the office was located. 

A peculiar case is mentioned in the Equitable Society of Lon- 
don, which we think further illustrates the signal benefits of in- 
surance on the Mutual plan. An insurance of $5,000 in this 
company, effected in 1780, produced the following results: in 
1793, the value was $7,600; in 1802, $10,050; and in 1834, 
a period of 50 years, the insurance originally of $5,000, was in- 
creased to the immense amount of $29,800, nearly six times that 

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of the insurance. These are results in a country where invest- 
ments upon an average do not produce over 4 per cent. per an- 
num, and, moreover, are not incidental to a few years of unusu- 
ally prosperous business; but are the gradual growth, and con- 
tinual experience, of three quarters of a century. 

These enormous profits were, of course, not restricted solely 
to the regular interest of fhe funds of the company, but were in- 
creased by the following circumstances, ‘to which Mr. Morgan, 
the Actuary of this society, alludes, in an annual address, viz: The 
expired insurances and cancelled policies form a very material 
part of these profits; another which he considers a perpetual 
source of profit, is the probabilities of life among the members 
bemg much higher than those given by the table. It was found 
that where the table gave 4, the experience of the company gave 
only 3. This disparity arose principally from admitting none but 
good lives. To illustrate this matter still further—since the year 
1800, this society has had an average of 8,000 members, the es- 
timated annual number of deaths by the table is 247; whereas, 
the actual number was but 194, or 53 less than those in the table, 
which is made the .foundation of its whole practice. The aver- 
age amount of insurance on these individual lives, is $6,818; 
this sum, multiplied by 53, gives $361,354. 

Their funds were further increased by large investments being 
made in stocks during the war at greatly depressed prices, and af- 
ter the restoration of peace, in 1815, these stocks were considera- 
bly advanced. But aside from these incidental causes of exor- 
bitant profits to a mutual company, its principles, carefully car- 
ried out, will, in every case, produce eventually large dividends. 

Circumstances occurring of sucha nature as to render the con- 
tinuance of a member impracticable, he may, after a few years: . 
surrender his policy, and receive a certain valuation for it. The 
principle ordinarily used for determining the value of a policy 
is: take the premium at the age of amemce and deduct from it 
the premium the party has He paying, multiply the difference 
by the value of an annuity at the age of surrender, and this will 
give the value; but, inasmuch as none but good lives ordinarily 
surrender, one third is deducted from this calculation. Take an 
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and at the age of 55, ten years afterwards, he surrenders it; during 
this tume he has paid to the company $373. — 


Annual premium at surrender, $57,80 
Annual premium when taken out, 37,30 





Difference, $20,50 


Multiply this difference by the value of an annuity at the age of 
surrender, and deduct one third, and the nett amount coming to 
the policy will be $167,10; this amount would be increased by 
any extra investments of the funds of the company. 


In a calculation made by the Mutual Insurance Company of 
New York, a person at the age of 30 taking a policy of $1,000, 
and allowing that he lives through the expectation of life, i. e. 
34 years and 4 months, by the Carlisle Table, at his death his 
family would receive $3,250. This insurance would of course 
yield a greater or less amount, as his life might fall short, or be’ 
prolonged beyond the expectation table. 


We have thus presented tothe public a brief and condensed 
account of the rise and progress of the Life Insurance principle ; 
and the general reader will, no doubt, be forcibly reminded of the 
onward march of that elevated order of intellect, which has been 
able, with so much precision, to ascertain the average termina- 
tion of human life. 

It now remains for us to direct more especial attention to the 
precise principles upon which the North Carolina Mutual Life 
Insurance Company proposes to conduct its operations. 

This company proposes to effect insurance on the lives of all 
sound and healthy individuals, during the whole period of life, 
or as much’less as persons may desire; and in order to offer as 
strong inducements as may be consistent with the safety of the 
Mutual System to all insurers, they propose, that on all life poli- 
cies, the premiums on which amount to $30 and upwards, that 
they will require only half to be paid in cash, and the balance in 
a note at 12 months with lawful interest. 

The benefits of this regulation are very apparent, in view of 
the fact that many persons desirous of insuring their lives, have 





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limited means, and can only spare a small amount at a time from 
their daily receipts. Another very important feature in this com- 
pany is, that the charter gives the privilege to a Husband to in- 
sure his own life for the benefit of his Wife and Children, without 
any liability to have the amount diverted to the payment of any 
contracts, or debts of his own; and in like manner, the Wife may 
insure the life of her husband, subject to the same regulations ; 
these are highly important features in our charter, which will no 


doubt readily commend themselves to the attention of the intelli- 


gent reader. This company also gives an annual division of pro- 
fits to all life insurers, and proposes to charge no more for insur- 
ance than actual cost. The abundant success which has attended 
other companies, based upon similar principles, leaves no doubt 
as to the efficiency of the institution, and also its ability promptly 
to discharge all claims occurring against it. 


The North Carolina Company will also insure the lives of all 
healthy slaves, for a period of from one to 5 years: but, inno case 
can their owners or insurers participate in the profits of the com- 
pany. | 

All premiums for policies on slaves must be paid in cash The 
insurance on slaves in this State opens a new field of thought to 
our Planters, and other slave owners, and proposes to secure them 
in the possession of that kind of property, which constitutes half 
of the actual wealth of the State. | 


This company will also grant policies on joint lives, to com- 
mence at any given time, the parties being in good health. An 
insurance may be effected on two joint lives, payable in the event 
of either of the lives failing, or payable upon the contingency of 
a life R surviving that of B, and it may, for a stipulated sum, be 
made payable at the death of R, provided B should survive him ; 
or it may be in the form of an annuity, payable to B, in the event 
of his surviving R, commencing at the death of R, and being con- 
tinued during the life of B. This method is sometimes desirable. 
A man, for instance, might wish to make provision for his wife’s 
benefit, in the event of her surviving him. This insurance would 
be made for a less premium than would be charged on condition 
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We have abundantly shown in our previous remarks and ex- 
amples, that the more desirable mode of insurance is a life policy. 
This gives all the full benefits of the system, so far as profits are 
concerned, and also secures the party against the unpleasant con- 
tingency of being cut off from the benefits of the Company, at a 
time when his general health shall be so much impaired as to ren- 
der it impracticable for the Company torenew hisinsurance. In 
this emergency, finding death staring him the face, the unhappy 
reflection is forced upon him, that he has to leave his wife and 
children to the charities of a selfish world. 

The conditions of an Insurance for the whole continuance of 
life, are such as to admit of no contingency as to the final loss. 
The loss must come, and it cannot therefore be expected, that an 
Insurance for life will be taken at as low a rate, as for a term of 
years. Therefore, an adequate premium must be charged in view 
of a final loss; and in all such cases, our premium will be found 
to be at the maximum rates, varying of course, as the ages of the 
party may vary at the time of insuring. 

Life Insurance is a subject every way worthy of your serious 


_ regard and most active labors. Itis anoble and most beautiful sci- 


ence, and is destined, sooner or later, to work a mighty change 
in ameliorating the general state of society, and elevating its mor- 
al character; the gentle dawnings of the twilight which precede 
the coming day, are already sufficiently marked across the broad 


horizon of society, and soon, very soon, the pure effulgence of a 


meridian sun will disperse the last vestige of superstition and 
doubt, which has occupied the mind of the people, as to the pro- 
priety of this system; and its great benefits will stand boldly 
forth, challenging the admiration, and winning the approval, of 
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BY-LAWS, 


Sec. 1. The Officers of this Company shall consist of a Presi- 

dent, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Attorney, anda Me- 
_dical Board of Consultation, consisting of three. | 

Sec. 2. There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of 
three, appointed annually, from the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall have stated meetings, at 
the Office of the Company, on the first Saturdays in March, June, 
September and December. ' 

Sec. 4. The President shall preside at all meetings of the 
Board of Directors, sign all Policies of Insurance, call special 
meetings of the Board of Directors, when he shall deem the same 
necessary, or when requested in writing, signed by three Direc- 
tors: and exercise a general superintendance over the affairs of 
the Company ; and in his absence, the Vice President shall dis- 
charge the same duties. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings 
of the Board of Directors, Ex. Committee, and of the Company ; 
preserve the premium notes and applications; shall keep a Gen- 
eral and Termination Register; a Journal and Ledger; a Book 
of Alienations and Surrenders; he shall collect all assessments 
that may be made, and once in thirty days pay over to the Trea- 
surer, all monies in his hands belonging to the Company, and 
take his receipt for the same. It shall be his duty to give notice 
of the election of Directors as provided in the Act of Incorpora- 
tion. He shall give a bond, with such suretiesas the Executive 
Committee shall approve, in the penal sum of Five Thousand 
Dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as 
Secretary. | 

Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall have the care of all the money 

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belonging to the Company, and shall keep a correct account of 
all receipts and disbursements: all payments by the Treasurer 
shall be made upon warrant from the President, attested by the 
Secretary : and such payment, so attested, shall be a good and 
sufficient voucher for the Tresurer in the settlement of his account. 








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He shall give a bond to the Company, to be approved by the Ex. 
Committee; in the penal sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, con di- 
tioned for the faithful discharge of his duty as Treasurer. He 
shall render account of his trust, when requested by the Board or 
Executive Committee. 

Sec. 7. The Executive Committee shall audit all accounts 
presented for payment, and possess the power to transact the bu- 
siness of the Company, in the absence of the Board of Directors, 
agreeably to such rules and regulations as may, from time to time, 
be adopted by the Board; may in their discretion give consent 
of the Company to any member who may wish to exceed the 
limits of travel, prescribed in the Policy, and such consent s hall 
be signed by the President, attested by the Secretary ; shall ex- 
amine all applications for insurance, and if approved, the Secreta- 
ry shall issue a Policy thereon. | 

Sec. 8. Persons proposing for Insurance, shall fill the applica- 
tion blanks furnished ‘by the Company: the party to be Insured 
must be examined by the Family Physician of the party, and a 
Medical examiner of the Company, and previous to being insur- 
ed, deposit his application and premium Note, if any, with the 
Secretary of said Company, and, if approved by the Executive 
Committee, the Policy shall bear date with such approval, and 
take effect at noon of that day. 

Sec. 9. Premium on Policies for Life, for thirty dollars or over, 
per annum, may be paid as follows—viz: one half in cash, and 
one half in a Note, at twelve months, bearing interest at six per 
cent. per aunum. 

Premium on all Policies for a less period than the duration of 
life, shall be paid in cash. The applicant will in all cases pay 
one dollar for Policy, and one dollar for Application. 


Sec. 10. Parties Insured at the table rates of premium, are not 
allowed to pass South of the Southern line of South Carolina and 
Tennessee, nor west of the Mississippi River, between the 15th 
of June and the 15th of October, without the written consent of 
the Company, but may reside or travel North of the lines named 
above, on any of the regular mail routes by Steam Boat or other 
conveyance. 

Sec. 11. A party neglecting to settle his annual premium, to 





























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pay the percentage when called for by the Directors, within for- 
ty days after it is due ; or to pay assessments, when called for, 
within forty days, shall forfeit all the interest he has in the Policy ; 
also, in case the party shall exceed the limits prescribed in Poli- 
cy for residence, or travel upon the seas, without the written con- 
sent of the Company, and shall die in consequence thereof or 
shall die by the hands of justice, or in an attempt to violate any 
law of the land where he may happen to be, or in a duel, or by 
his own hand (except in case of insanity, whereof written no- 
tice has been previously given to the Company, or where it is 
clearly proven to have existed,) or if the party enters into any 
military or naval service, (the militia, not in actual service ex- 
cepted,) he shall forfeit his Policy, all monies paid, and all pro- 
fits due thereon. | 

Sec. 12. Within forty days from the first Monday in July, in 
each year, a statement, or annual report, of the affairs of the Com- 
pany, shall be made out by the Secretary, and an annual divi- 
dend of the profits shall be made, when all Policies for Life, 
which have been renewed prior to said dividend, and then in 
force, shall have their per centage of profits carried to their cred- 
it, and all parties insured, whose Policies have been renewed as 
aforesaid, shall receive a notice from the Secretary of such pro- 
fits, which shall be deducted from the amount of their premium 
at the next annual renewal. In case of the death of any Mem- 
ber, the amount then standing to his or her credit shall be paid 
over to the representative of said Party, after deducting all in- 
debtedness to the Company. 

Sec. 13. All claims for Insurance against the Company, shall 
be paid withia ninety days after due notice, and proof of the 
death of the party—all indebtedness to the Company, upon said 
Policy, to be deducted. 

Sec. 14. The funds of this Company shall, with the exception 
of what may, in the judgment of the President, Treasurer and 
Secretary, be reserved for contingencies, be invested, from time to 
time, by said Officers, in behalf of the Company, in Stock in any 
of the Banks of this State, in United States’ Government Stock, 
or in State Bonds of North Carolina. 

Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors, at each 
annual meeting, to set apart such amount for a contingent, or 

















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reserved fund, as shall in their judgment be deemed best for 
the interest and welfare of the Company. | 

Sec. 16: The Board of Directors, or Executive Commie 

may appoint so many Agents as they may deem necessary, for 
- the better management of the affairs of this Company ; and such 
Agents shall give bonds to the Company, with such sureties as 
the Executive Committee shall approve, in the penal sum of 
$1000, conditioned for the faithful paneer’ of the sg of 
their Office. 

Sec. 17. Slaves may be snivenndtia by inet owners, or others in- 
terested, for two thirds of their value only, for a term not exceed- 
ing five years; and the Insurance on slaves shall be governed by 
the above rules and conditions, adopted for the regulation of this 
_ Company. _ But slaves are not allowed to travel beyond the lim- 
_ its of the State in which they are insured. 

Sec. 18. Should the party insured, during the continuance of 
the Policy, die from drunkenness, he shall forfeit the Policy, and 
. all claims upon the Company. 

Sec. 19. If aPolicy is assigned, notice is to be given the Gout 
pany ; and the party to ciate the Policy is one must sign 
all premium notes with the Insured. 

Sec. 20. The members of this Company shall hola a meeting 
annually, for the purpose of.electing a Board of Directors, on ts 
first Monday in July in each year, at the Office of the Company. 
~ See. 21. The Company will decline all applications for insur- 

ance, on persons whose pulse is uniformly over ninety. 











EXTRA RATES OF INSURANCE ON SLAVES, 





Slaves in Coal Pits, 1} per cent. extra. 
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4. 46 Dilet Boat, 1 3 es 
«4: Bighang Boat, 1 a x 
‘© jn Coasting, 1 - + 

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PROOFS OF LOSS REQUIRED. 


A cértificate of the Physician who attended the Party in his 
last illness, stating particularly the nature of the disease, its jie 
tion, and the time he died. o a ey 

_A certificate of a friend or intimate picitediiaiaen sities shea 
| long he was sick, and that he was present during. his illness; or 
at his death, and that he is knowing to his.death. ; 

A certificate of the undertaker, or sexton, who attended - sili 
funeral of the party, and saw his remains interred. z 

These several certificates must be sworn or affirmed to, before 
a Magistrate, or some one empowered to administer an oath or 
affirmation. | 





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NECESSARY RECEIPT. _ 


When it is a wife’s Policy on the life of her husband, or of a 
_ Party Insuring the life of another, or in case of an assigned Poli- 
cy, a receipt on the Policy is sufficient, from the parties holding 
such Policies. _But when a party insures his own life, in case of 
loss, the Insurance must be collected by an Executor or Admin- 
istrator legally authorized to settle the estate, and the Policy 
must be surrendered, receipted by the Executor or Administrator. 


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CHARTER, | 


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AN ACT to Incorporate a Mutual Life Insurance 
Company i in the State of N orth Carolina, 


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1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, and it as hereby enacted by the authority of the same, 
That Joun H. Manty, Henry W. Mixier, Perrin Busses, 
H. W. Husrev, Wm. H. McKer, Wm. W. Hoxpen, Wm. D. 
Cooks, Wo. H. “Jonrs, James F. Jorpan, CHarues B. Root, 
Cuartes E. Jounson, Wituram D. Hayvwoop, Wituam R. 

Scorr, and others, their associates, successors and assigns, shall 
be and are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic 
and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of the North 
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, to be located at such 
place in the City of Raleigh, as shall be designated by a majority 
of the Company present at any regular meeting; and by that name, 
they and their successors shall and may have succession during 
the continuance of this Act, and shall be capable of suing and 
being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being 
answered unto, defending and being defended, in all manner of 
actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and 
that they and their successors may have a common seal, and 
may alter and change the same at pleasure: And also, that they 
and their successors, by the name of ‘Tue NorrH CaRoLina 
Mutua Lire INsuRANCE Company” shall be in law capable of 
purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real or Hapa 

_ for the use of said corporation. 

2. Beit further enacted, That all persons who shall at any time 
hereafter insure in or with the corporation, shall, while they con- | 
tinue so insured, be deemed and taken as Members of the said 
corporation, and that the property and concerns of the said cor- 
poration shall be managed by thirteen Directors, ail of whom 
shall be citizens. of this State, tobe chosen annually, by and from 











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among the members, and shall hold their office for one year, and 


the corporation shall be held annually, for the purpose of electing 
_ a Board of Directors, at such time and place in the City of Raleigh, 
_ as the corporation in its by-laws shall appoint: of which election 
public notice shall be given in at least one of the Public Newspa- 


ection; and such election shall be made by ballot and a plurality 
of the votes of the members present, allowing to each member 
- one vote for every one hundred dollarsinsured in said company : 
and if any of the said Directors shall die, refuse to serve, or neg- 
lect to act in their said office, for the space of two months, then, 
and in every such case, the remaining Directors shall have pow- 
er to fill such vacancies, until the next annual meeting. 


3. Be wt further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
the said Corporation to insure their respective lives, and to make 
all and every insurance appertaining to or connected with Life 
risks of whatsoever kind or nature, as well of the sound in health 
as the infirm or invalid. 

4. Be it further enacted, - That it shall be lawful for any mar- 


any third person, with his assent, as her trustee, to cause to be in- 
sured, for her sole use, the life of her husband, for any definite 
period, or for the time of his natural life: and in case of her sur- 
viving her husband, the same or nett amount of the insurance 
becoming payable to her, to and for her own use, free from the 
cums of the representatives of her husband or any of his credi- 
LOrs. 

5. Be it further enacted, That the husband may _ insure his 
own life, for the sole use and benefit of his wife or children, and 

in case of the death of the husband, the amount thus insured 
- shall be paid over to the wife or children, or their guardian, if un- 
der age, for her or their own use, free from all the claims of the 
representatives of the husband or any of his creditors. 


6. Be it further enacted, That the Directors for the time aia 
- or a majority of them, shall have power to make and _ prescribe 
_ such by-laws, rules and regulations, as to them shall appear need- 
ful and proper for the management and disposition of the stock, 











| until others are chosen: and that.ameeting of the members of 


pers printed in said City, at least thirty days preceding such el- 


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property, estate and effects of the said corporation, and for all 
such matters as appertain to the business thereof, and shall have 
power to appont such officers, clerk and agents for carrying on the 
business of the Corporation as they may select, with such allow- 
ances as to them shall appear just and satisfactory: Provided that 
such By-laws, rules and regulations, shall not be repugnant to 
the constitution or laws of the United States, or of this State. 

7. Be it further enacted, That no policy shall be issued by this 
Corporation, until application shall be made for insurance for fif- 
ty thousand dollars at least. 

8. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall continue in force 
for fifty years. 

9. Beit further enacted, That this Act shall take effect imme- 
diately after its ratification. 


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SLAVE PREMIUMS. 





Annual Rates of Insurance of One Hundred Dollars on the Tafe 
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CASES ILLUSTRATING. THE, BENEFITS OF LIFE 
INSURANCE. 


The following cases are selected from among” hundreds of a 
‘similar character, as illustrating the advantages of Life Insurance, 
and the danger of delay in effecting it. 

A hirhly respectable and wealthy Merchant, of New York, took 
out.a Life Policy for the benefit of his wife, in the sum of 5,000, 
at the annual preminm of 152,50;.a few months thereafter, ad- 
verse fortune swept off his fortune, and a lingering disease ter- 
minated his life in less than eighteen months; two annual pay- 
ments had been made to the Company, and his widow received 
from it, $5,000. 

Al Lawyer, residing in one of the Southern States, 60k out a 
policy’on his life, in the sum of $5,000, at the annual premium 
of $150, for the benefit of his wife; his death occured in fifteen 
months thereafter ; two annual payments had been made to the 
Company, and his widow received from it, $5,000. 

A Gentleman, residing in the State of Indiana, on the 19th of 
August, took out a policy on his life for $3,000; but one pay- 
ment was made, of $102. He died on the 19th of September, 
and his widow received the sum insured, $3,000. 

4 Book-Keeper, ina highly respectable mercantile house in 
New York, through’the pursuasion of his employers, was induced 
to take out a policy on his life, for the benefit of his wife and 
children, in the sum of $1,000, at the annual premium of $25,- 
70; asudden illness from scarlet fever carried him offin ten days ; 
two annual payments had been made, and his widow, ina few 
days after his death, received from the Company, 1,000 dollars 5 
had it not been for this provision, she would have been left in 
destitute circumstances. | 

Al Merchant, in one of the Southern States had a debt due him | 
of 5,000 dollars; knowing that its ultimate payment depended — 
on the continuance of the life of his debtor, he took out a policy 
on it in an office, for that sum; one year’s premium had been 

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paid, of $161,84. Soon after he was attacked with a severe ill- 
ness, which terminated his life. The Company, on presentation 
of the requisite proofs of his death, paid the sum insured, and by 
this precautionary measure, he unexpectedly, and suddenly, re- 
alized a doubtful claim. 


Al young Lady effected an insurance on her own life for $2,- 
000, for the benefit of her parents, who were aged, and entirely 
dependent upon the earnings of their daughter. She died during 
the year, and her parents were secured from want. 


Al Young Mechanic, in Boston, took out a joimt insurance on 
his own life and that of his wife, so that whenever either should 
die, the other would receive the sum insured. Two years after- 
wards, the wife was attacke with Typhoid Fever, in the depth 
of a severe winter; at the time one of the children fell sick with 
Scarlet Fever. He was obliged to neglect his business, and 
watch day and night beside his aflicted family. His small stock 
of savings was soon exhausted, for he lived upon his daily labor. 
After several weeks his child recovered; but, worn out with 
watching and anxiety, he was seized with a fever which settled 
upon his lungs, although he had never been sick before in_ his 
life. He had now no money—and no prospect of receiving any. 
He sent for a friend, told him his circumstances, and requested 
him to loan him some money; at the same time assigning the 
policy to him, and appointing him his Executor. His friend ad- 
vanced the money, and, in two weeks more, the wife died, and 
the amount of their policy was paid to his friend, who immedi- 
ately invested it for his benefit, after deducting the amount ad- 
vanced. After three months more, he died, and left $750 for 
his two children, who were. adopted by relatives, and the man- 
ey is now accumulating for them when they shall arrive at ma- 
turity. 

Al Clergyman, azed 30, possessed of an income of .$2,500 per 


port in the event of his death, insured his life for $10,000; the 
" annual premium was $225, not a tenth of his income, and he 
| having unexpectedly died after two payments had been made, 
his widow received $10,000; which enabled her to maintain a 
state of comfortable independence during life. 





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4 Merchant, of Philadelphia, made application for a policy 
upon his life; all the necessary papers were made out upon 
which to issue a policy, which was made by the company; but 
the premium was not settled previous to his departue for New 
York, where he was suddenly called upon business. Upon his 
return home, in crossing the Delaware, he was thrown into the 
riverand drowned. Thus, by neglecting to settle the premium, 
his family lost the benefit they would otherwise have derived 
from the insurance. } 

1 Legal Gentleman took out a policy of $7,500, and having 
taken a severe cold, ruptured a blood vessel during a paroxysm 
of coughing, which caused his death; this occurred after only 
two annual payments had been made, and the wife received 
$7,500. . 

1 Medical Gentleman whose practice gave $1,500 per annum, 
reflecting upon the precarious tenure of his health in the sphere 
of his duties, which necessarily exposed him to the constant vi- 
cisitudes ofthe weather, besides bringing him frequently in con- 
tact with persons having infectious diseases, took out a policy 
for $5,000, and, after being insured 4 years, he died of a malig- 
nant fever, caught on a professional visit, and his widow thus ob- 
tained 5,000. 

1 young married man opened a drug store, and was induced, 
by his wife’s friends, to insure his life for $5,000; shortly after 
this, the cholera made its appearance, and the party fell a victim. 
The assets of the deceased were little more than sufficient to pay 
his creditors, and had it not been for the insurance on his life, 
his family would have been left destitute; as it was, they receiv- 
ed the $5,000 of Insurance. 

1 young man in a public office, with a salary of 1,000 dollars, |) 
having married at the age of twenty-five, very prudently insured 
his life for 6,000 dollars. At the age of twenty nine, he was un- 
fortunately drowned in the endeavor to save his brother from the 
same fate; in this case four annual payments had been made, 
which amounted to $416, and his widow received $6,000. 

A farmer insured his life for $2,000; during the next fall, at | 
harvest time, he was thrown from his wagon and killed instantly. if 

His widow received $2,500, which enabled her to carry on the ~ i 
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 


NORTH CAROLINA 
Mutual Life Suaurance Company: 


BY-LAWS AND ACT OF INCORPORATION . 


PPA L AAO 


INCORPORATED, JANUARY, 1849. 


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RALEIGH: 
WILLIAM W. HOLDEN, PRINTER. 
Beso i 


——}. WM. D. HAYWOOD, 


Directors. 


CHARLES E. JOHNSON, » WM. W. HOLDEN, 
WM. D. COOKE, 
WM. H. JONES, 

_ SEATON GALES, 

F. OC. HILL, 
; CHARLES B. ROOT, 
WILLIAM R. SCOTT. 


JAMES F. JORDAN, 
PERRIN BUSBEE, 
H. W. HUSTED, 
WM. H. McKEE, 


PARP L PPP PPPS 


@fficers. 


CHARLES E. JOHNSON, President. 

«x WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD, Vice-President.. 
JAMES F. JORDAN, Secretary. 
WILLIAM D. COOKE, 
WILLIAM R. SCOTT, {Bact Commattee. 
CHARLES B. ROOT, 
CHAS. E. JOHNSON, M. D., 
WM. H. McKEE, M. D., 
R. B. HAYWOOD, M. D. 
WILLIAM H. McKEE, M. D., Medical Hxaminer. 
WILLIAM H. JONES, Zreasurer. 
PERRIN BUSBEE, Attorney. 


) Medical Board of 
\ Consultation. 


J. HERSMAN, General Agent. 


formers a, 


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Tue following statement will show the operations and condt- 


_ tion of the Company, to the 20th June, ult. : 


No. of Policies in force, as per last Report, — - 
_ ae issued 4 the 20th June, - 


Deduct Policies Cancelled and Expired, - - 


Policies in force 20th June, - - - - - - 


RECEIPTS, 

Amount on hand, as per last Report, - - - 
Nett Premiums received to 20th June, - - - 
Amount of Interest received to 20th June, - 


DISBURSEMENTS. 
Amount paid: 


White losses, - - - - - - - $5,000 
Slave losses, - - - - - - - - 5,288 
Officers’ salaries, - - - - - - 2,062 
Fees and Commissions to Agents, - 2,288 
Fees to Examining Physicians, - - 242 
Printing, advertising, books, blanks, 

and stationery, - - - - - - 6521 
Office rent and postage, - - - - 278 
Salamander Safe, - - - - - - 300 
All other incidental expenses, - - 63 


- 610 
- 656 


—_—— 


1,266 
105 


1,161 


- $23,565 33 
- $87,544 23 





1,051 68 





$62,161 24 


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35 
20 
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92 


————. $16,043 62 


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Nett proceeds, - - - 





- $46,117 62 


4. 


ASSETS. 
Prem. Notes drawing 6 per cent. Int., $28,461 04 
Cape Fear Bank Stock and Bonds, - 9,371 00 
Amount in hands of Treasurer, - - 7,191 438 
ni Agents, - - - 1,094 15 


——-——_—. $46,117 62 


The Board of Directors of the North Carolina Mutual Life. 
Insurance Company, submit to the members of the Company 
the above statement as their Annual Report of its transactions, 
for the year ending the 20th June, 1851. 

This Company was regularly organized for the transaction of 
business about two years ago; up to which time the utility of 
securing a certain sum to helpless persons, in the event of the 
death of those on whose exertions they were entirely dependent 
for support, had not been duly considered in this State, and, 
consequently, the benefits of Life Insurance were but very little 
known. Under such circumstances, it was to be expected that 
our Institution would have to encounter not only ignorance, but 
likewise prejudice. Accordingly, these disadvantages had to be 
met and overcome; but the Board of Directors, in no wise dis- 
couraged by such obstacles to their early efforts, persevered with 
the work in which they were engaged, and were able to give, in 
their Fist Annual Report even, such assurance of fidelity and 
success, as to gain for the Company the entire confidence of the 
public, whilst a knowledge of the blessings which this Institu- 
tion is capable of dispensing to suffermg humanity, especially 
amongst our own people, stimulated them to more earnest and 
zealous efforts to extend its usefulness. 

These labors, as set forth in the accompanying exhibit, to 
which your attention is particularly directed, show that the 
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company is daily grow- 
ing in public favor, and that it has taken a stand along with the 


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most reliable Institutions of the kind in this country; for, be- 
sides meeting promptly all its losses, and defraying all its neces- 
sary expenses, it will be seen, that the Company have remaming 
on hand more than forty-six thousand dollars, to meet future 
losses and expenses. 

On the subject of dividends, the Directors have moved with 
great caution. At the first Annual Meeting, no dividend was 
declared, because they believed the best interest and welfare of 
the Company dictated such a policy; but the Board have great 
pleasure in being able now to declare a dividend to Life merm- 
bers of thirty per cent. on the premiums paid in by those who 
have renewed their Policies prior to the first Monday of July. 
This dividend has been entered as a credit, on the books of the 
Company, to each member who is entitled to it, and will be al-. 
lowed on the Premium Note at the next annual renewal; or, 
where the whole premium has been paid in ¢ash, the dividend 
will be used as cash in the next annual settlement of premuuc. 
The Directors believe that this method of paying dividends :s 
for the best interest of the members, and therefore trust it will 
give general satisfaction; for it will be observed, that although 
a dividend of thirty per cent. is declared to all those who are 
entitled to receive it, agreeably to our laws, yet it will not affect 
the funds on hand, but will merely lessen the actual receipts of 
the Company for the coming year, by that amount. 

The list, which constitutes a part of this Report, giving a com- 
parison between losses sustained by the Company on whites and 
slaves, may be an interesting feature in our transactions to those 
who hold the opinion that the bills of mortality among slaves 
are not so great as among whites; for although the number cf 
slaves insured is only about double that of whites, the Company 
have paid losses durmg the year on ten slaves and one white. 
From this circumstance, together with the fact that the table of 
rates of this Company, on slave insurance, is from fifteen to 

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thirty-three per cent. lower than in other Companies which take 
this kind of risk, the Board have determined to increase the 
rates of slave insurance about fifteen per cent. 

In conclusion, the Directors congratulate the members upon 
the successful operations of the Company for the past year; and» 
it is gratifying to the Board to know that this success has not 
been the result of chance, but of a rigid adherence to the well 
digested system of management which has been adopted.— 
Moreover, the Directors are persuaded that faithful attention to 
these rules and regulations, and constant regard to the mutual 
principle in all its features, will secure to the Company a pros- 
perous future, and furnish satisfactory guarantees to all con- 
cerned, 


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James RK. Lemitt, 
Sylvester Brown, 
Mary J. Davis, 
Boiteticht & ‘Miot, 
Wn. S. “Blount, 
Joseph Alexander. 
Charles W. Bradley, 
Wn. B. Hathaway, 
Wm. Murphy, 

H. G. Spruill, 

Geo. W. Turner, 
Wm. P. Moore, 

Jas, C. Sprou]l & Co., 


ACCGUNT GE LOSSES. 


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Edenton, N. 
Washington “ 





Camden, 8. C., 


Columbia, 


RESIDENCE. 


Ms, 


Washington, N. C., 


Pyrrell Co., 
Wilmington, 
‘Halifax, 
ISalisbur v) 
Plymouth, 


Washington, 


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SLAVE. 








Own Life, 
Narcissa, 
Abram, 
Prince, 
Mark, 
Own Life, 
Murray, 
Abram, 
Sandy, 
Minor, 
Ann, 
Aaron, 


B. Lamb, 





DIED OF 


‘Bilious Pleurisy, 
Uterine Hemorrhage, 
tasty Consumption, 
Typhoid Pneumonia, 
iTyphoid Fever, 


‘Typhoid Fever, 
Inflam. of Intestines, 
Pneumonia, 

Affection of Lungs, 
\Accidental Drowning, 
vn, 














Congestive Pneumonia, 
Exhaustion & Paralysis, 





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amount baie feet 
of Prem- 
sured for. 
ium. paid} 
in. 
37 30) $1,000 
6 36 400 
lear 450 
8 65 500 
9 84 800 
186 50! 5,000 
1-90 500 
8 82 600 
e120 500 
6 75 450 
A 50 300 
9 66 700 
As) 488 


18516 26, $11,688 








BY-LAWS. 


Section 1.—The Officers of this Company shall consist of a 
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Attorney, and a 
Medical Board of Consultation, consisting of three. 

Src. 2.—There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting 
of three, appointed annually from the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 3.—The members of this Company shall hold a meeting 
annually, for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors, on the 
first Monday in July in each year, at the Office of the Company. 

Sec. 4.—The President shall preside at all Meetings of the 
Board of Directors, sign all Policies of Insurance, call special 
Meetings of the Board of Directors, when he shall deem the 
same necessary, or when requested in writing, signed by three 
Directors, and exercise a general superintendence over the affairs 
of the Company; and in his absence the Vice-President shall 
discharge the same duties. 

Sec. 5.—The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceed- 
ings of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and of the 
Company ; preserve the Premium Notes and Applications ; shall 
keep a General and Termination Register; a Journal and Led- 
ger; &@ Book of Alenations and Surrenders; he shall collect all 
assessments that may be made, and. once in thirty days pay over 
to the Treasurer all monies in his hands belonging to the Com- 
pany, and take his receipt for the same. It shall be his duty to 
give notice of the election of Directors, as provided in the Act 
of Incorporation. He shall give a bond, with such sureties as 
the Executive Committee shall approve, in the penal sum of five 
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his 
duty as Secretary. 


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Sec. 6.—The Treasurer shall have the care of all the money 
belonging to the Company, and shall keep a correct account of 
all receipts and disbursements. All payments by the Treasurer 
shall be made upon warrant from the President, attested by the 
Secretary; and such payment, so attested, shall be a good and 
sufficient voucher for the Treasurer in the settlement of his ac- 
count. He shall give a bond to the Company, to be approved 
by the Executive Committee, in the penal sum of ten thousand 
dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty as 
Treasurer. He shall render an account of his trust, when re- 
quired by the Board or Executive Committee. 

Sec. 7.—The Executive Committee shall audit all accounts 
presented for payment, and possess the power to transact the 
business of the Company in the absence of the Board of Direc- 
tors, agreeably to such rules and regulations as may from time 
to time be adopted by the Board; may, in their discretion, give 
consent of the Company to any member who may wish to ex- 
ceed the limits of travel prescribed in the Policy, and such con- 
sent shall be signed by the President and attested by the Sec- 
retary ; shall examine all applications for Insurance, and, if ap- 
proved, the Secretary shall issue a Policy thereon. 

SEc. 8.—Persons proposing for Insurance shall fill the appli- 
cation blanks furnished by the Company ; the party to be insured 
must be examined by the Family Physician of the party and a 
Medical Examiner of the Company, and, previous to being in- 
sured, deposite his Application and Premium Note, if any, with 
the Secretary of said Company; and, if approved by the Execu- 
tive Committee, the Policy shall bear date with such approval, 
and take effect at noon of that day. The Company will not, 
however, be held responsible to the party applying for Insurance, 
should he die before his application is approved by the Executive 
Committee. 

Src. 9.—Premium on Policies for Life, for thirty dollars or 


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over, per annum, may be paid as follows, viz: One half im cash, 
and one half in a note, at twelve months, bearing interest at six 
per cent. per annum. ‘Premium on all Policies for a less period 
than the duration of life, shall be paid in cash. The applicant 
will, in all cases, pay one dollar for Policy and one dollar for 
Application. 

Sec. 10.—Parties insured at the table rates of premium, are 
not allowed to pass South of the Southern line of South Caro- 
lina and Tennessee, nor West of the Mississippi River, between 
the 15th of June and the 15th of October, without the written 
consent of the Company; but may reside or travel North of the 
Imes named above, on any of the regular mail routes, by steam- 
boat or other conveyance. 

Sec. 11.—A party neglecting to settle his annual premium, 
to pay the per centage when called for by the Directors, within 
torty days after it is due, or to pay assessments, when called for, 
within forty days, shall forfeit all the interest he has in the Pol- 
icy ; also, in case the party shall exceed the limits prescribed in 
the Policy for residence, or travel upon the seas, without the 
written consent of the Company, and shall die in consequence 
thereof, or shall die by the hands of justice, or in an attempt to 
violate any law of the land where he may happen to be, or in a 
duel, or from drunkenness, or by his own hand (except in case of 
insanity, whereof written notice has been previously given to the 
Company, or where it is clearly proven to have existed), or if the 
party enters into any military or naval service (the militia not in 
actual service excepted), he shall forfeit his Policy, all monies 
paid, and all profits due thereon. Jf the premium is paid with- 
in forty days after it is due (the purty taking the risk of death 
during the forty days), the Policy will be renewed without extra 
charge. 

Sec. 12,—Within forty days from the first Monday in July, 
in each year, a Statement or Annual Report of the affairs of the 





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Company shall be made out by the Secretary, and an Annual 
Dividend of the profits shall be made, when all Policies for Lite, 
which have been renewed prior to said Dividend, and then im 
force, shall have their per centage of profits carried to their cre- 
dit; and all parties insured, whose Policies have been renewed 
as aforesaid, shall receive a notice, signed by the President and 
attested by the Secretary, of such profits, which shall be de- 
ducted from the amount of their Premium Notes at the next 
annual renewal, or, in case of cash payments, allowed as such at 
the next annual renewal. In case of the death of any member, 
the amount then standing to his or her credit shall be paid over 
to the representatives of said party, after deducting all indebted- 
ness to the Company. 

Sec. 13.—All claims for Insurance against the Company shal! 
be paid within ninety days after due notice and proof of the 
death of the party; all indebtedness to the Company upon said. 
Policy to be deducted. 

Sec. 14.—The funds of this Company shall, with the excep- 
tion of what may, in the judgment of the President, Treasurer, 
and Secretary, be reserved for contingencies, be invested from 
time to time, by said Officers, in behalf of the Company, in , 
Stock of any of the Banks of this State, in United States’ Gov- 
ernment Stock, or in State Bonds of North Carolina, or in indi- 
vidual securities; Provided, That no loan shall be made to any 
Direetor, Officer, or Agent of the Company, nor the name of any 
Director, Officer, or Agent taken as surety on any bond for such 
loan. 

Szc. 15.—It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors, at 
each Annual Meeting, to set apart such amount for a contingent 
or reserved fund, as shall, in their judgment, be deemed. best for 
_ the interest and welfare of the Company. 

Sac. 16.—The Board of Directors, or the Executive Commit- 
tee, may appoint as many Agents as they may deem necessary 


12 
for the better management of the affairs of this Company ; and 
such agents shall, if required, give bonds to the Company, with 
such sureties as the Executive Committee shall approve, in the 
penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful 
discharge of the duties of their office. 

Sec. 17.—Slaves may be insured by their owners, or others 
interested, for two-thirds of their value only, for a term not ex- 
_ ceeding five years; and the Insurance on slaves shall be govy- 

erned by the above rules and conditions, adopted for the regula- 
tion of this Company. But slaves are not allowed to travel 
beyond the limits prescribed by the Policy. 

Src. 18.—If a Policy is assigned, notice to be given the Com- 
pany, and the party to whom the Policy is transferred must sign 
all Premium Notes with the insured. 

Sec. 19.—The Company will decline all applications for In- 
surance on persons whose pulse is uniformly over ninety. 


CHARTER, 





An Act to Incorporate a Mutual Lafe Insurance 
Company in the State of North Carolina. 


1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
same, That John H. Manly, Henry W. Miller, Perrin. Busbee, 
H. W. Husted, William H. McKee, William W. Holden, Wii- 
liam D. Cooke, William H. Jones, James F. Jordan, Charles B. 
Root, Charles E. Johnson, William D. Haywood, William R. 
Scott, and others, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall 
be and are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic 
and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of the Norra 
CarouinA Mourvuat Lire Insurance Company, to be located at 
such place in the City of Raleigh as shall be designated by a 
majority of the Company present at any regular meeting, and 
by that name, they and their successors, shall and may have 
succession during the continuance of this Act, and shall be cap- 
able of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, 
answering and being answered unto, defending and being de- 
fended, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and.» 
causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have 
a common seal, and may alter and change the same at pleasure. 
And, also, that they and their successors, by the name of the 
‘“ North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company,” shall be, in 
law, capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying, any estate, 
real or personal, for the use of said Corporation. 

2. Be rt further enacted, That all persons who shall, at any 
time hereafter, insure in or with the Corporation, shall, while 
they continue so insured, be deemed and taken as Members of 

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the said Corporation; and that the property and concerns of the 
said Corporation shall. be managed by thirteen Directors, all of 
whom shall be citizens of this State, to be chosen annually, by 

and from among the members, and shall hold their office for one 

year, and until others are chosen; and that a meeting of the 

members of the Corporation shall be held annually, for the pur- 

pose of electing a Board of Directors, at such time and place, in 

the City of Raleigh, as the Corporation, in its By-Laws, shall 

appoint ; of which election, public notice shall be given in at 

least one of the Public Newspapers printed in said City, at least 

thirty days preceding such election ;.and such election shall be 

made by ballot, and a plurality of the votes of the members 

present, allowing to each member one vote for every one hundred 

dollars insured in said Company. And if any of the said Di- 

rectors shall die, refuse to serve, or neglect to act in their said 

office for the space of two months, then, and in every such case, 

the remaining Directors shall have power to fill such vacancies, 

until the next annual meeting. 

3. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
the said Corporation to insure their respective lives, and to make 
all and every Insurance appertaining to, or connected with, Life 
risks, of whatsoever kind or nature, as well of the sound in health 
as the infirm or mvalid. 

4, Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any mar- 
ried woman, by herself, and m her own name, or in the name of 
any third person, with his assent, as her Trustee, to cause to be 
insured, for her sole use, the life of her husband, for any definite 
period, or for the time of his natural life; and in case of surviv- 
ing her husband, the same, or nett amount of the Insurance be- 
coming payable to her, to and for her own use, free from the 
claims of the representatives of her husband, or any of his credi- . 
tors. . 
5. Be wt further enacted, That the husband may insure his 


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own life for the sole use and benefit of his wife and children. 
and, in case of the death of the husband, the amount thus in- 
sured shall be paid over to the wife and children, or their guar- 
dian, if under age, for her or their own use, free from all the 
claims of the representatives of the husband, or any of his credi- 
tors. 

6. Be it further enacted, That:the Directors, for the time be- 
ing, or a majorgy of them, shall have power to make and pre- 
scribe such By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations, as to them shall 
appear needful and proper, for the management and disposition 
of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the said Corporation, 
and for all such matters as appertain to the business thereof; 
and shall have power to appoint such Officers, Clerk, and Agents, 
for carrying on the business of the Corporation, as they may 
select, with such allowances as to them shall appear just and 
satisfactory : Provided, That such By-Laws, Rules, and Regula- 
tions, shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or Laws of the 
United States, or of this State. 

7. Be it further enacted, That no Policy shall be issued by 
this Corporation, until application shall be made for Insurance 
for Fifty Thousand Dollars, at least. 

8. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall continue in force 
for fifty years. : 

0. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect im- 
mediately after its ratification. 


PROOFS OF LOSS REQUIRED. 


A certificate of the Physician who attended the party im his 
last illness, stating particularly the nature of the disease, its du- 
ration, and the time he died. 

A certificate of a friend or intimate acquaintance, stating how 
long he was sick, and that he was present during his illness, or 
at his death, and that he is knowing to his death. 

A certificate of the undertaker, or sexton, who attended the 
funeral of the party, and saw his remains interred. 

These several certificates must be sworn or affirmed to, before 
a magistrate, or some one empowered to administer an oath or 
affirmation. 


NECESSARY RECEIPT. 


When it is a wife’s policy on the life of her husband, or of a 
party insuring the life of another, or in case of an assigned policy, 
a receipt on the policy is sufficient, from the parties holding such 
policies. But when a party insures his own life, in case of loss, 
the insurance must be collected by an Executor or Admiistra- 
tor legally authorized to settle the estate, and the policy must 
be surrendered, receipted by the Executor or Administrator. 


REMARKS. 


Until within a few years past, Life Insurance in this country 
was not known, except through the agencies of a few European 
Companies in our populous cities; and the first attempt to 
establish such Companies in this country, was regarded as an 
infringement upon the decrements of that Superintending Provi- 
dence which hath “appointed unto all men once to die.” Many 
supposed that, being unwilling to confide our destinies to the 
Supreme Ruler of the Universe, we were about to transter the 
safety of human life te the keeping of our fellow men. 

Jt has by some been doubted whether any thing like an aeccu- 
rate calculation of the mean duration of life can be made; and 
that any attempt to base the chances of success upon the average 
bills of mortality, would be exceedingly unsafe. In this opinion, 
however candidly entertained, there is a decided error. ‘The ex- 
perience of an accurate observation of nearly two hundred years, 
has proved that it is possible te make a calculation of burnan. 
lite, which will not in that time vary 6 per cent. 

The first table made in England, showing the expectation of 
life at various ages, was by Dr. Price, from observations of the 
Bills of Mortality in Northampton; and, fifty years subsequent. - 
to this time, the Carlisle table was made by Joshua Milne, from 
observations of Dr. Heysham of Carlisle; this was from 1779 7 
1787. 

The decrements of life in these tables differ very materially ; 
the Northampton is much greater than the Carlisle. . This dis- 
crepancy can readily be reconciled, by taking into account the 


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difference in the location of the two places. The Northampton 
District is decidedly unhealthy, while the Carlisle has always 
been regarded as one of the most healthy Districts in England. 

The Northampton tables make the whole number of persons 
embraced in their calculations become extinct at the age of 96, 
and the Carlisle at 104. Various other tabular views of the bills 
otf mortality have been compiled in various districts of England, 
and on the European Continent, by men of deep research ; and 
an immense amount of facts have thus been given to the world, 
which have formed the basis of the law. of average of human 
life, and the value of annuities, and a correct scale or tariff of 
Premiums on Life Insurance. 

Life Insurance only guarantees the laws of average; it is not 
founded on the calculations whether death will or will not hap- 
pen. Death is inevitably the fate of all men. Every person 
born must die; but most live through a series of years, and the 
law of average and duration of human life is reduced almost to 
un exact science; and furnishes a data upon which to base the 
operations of a Life Insurance Company, without subjecting it to 
any contingency which can impair its ability to meet its losses. 
In this respect, it is very different from all other species of Insur- 
ance. The insurer of a number of houses does not know whether 
i fire shall occur among his risks or not. The Underwriter for 
the vessel which leaves on a distant voyage, does not know whe- 
ther the elements shall be prosperous for the safety of the noble 
bark, or otherwise. The Health Insurer does not know whether 
his subject shall continue well, or be taken sick. ‘There is no 
positive data upon which to base the calculations of success in 
Companies of this kind; but, in Lif: Insurance, death is regard- 
ed as a fixed fact—“dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt 
return” —and all the calculations are made in view of the final 
drama of human life. 


Among the different tables in use with Insurance Companies, - 


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the Carlisle seems to be the favorite. Its calculations are found 
to apply with exceeding minuteness to the present experience of 
Insurance Companies in the middle States of our Union, and 
all that have adopted it seem to be doing a safe and profitable 
business. 

Life Insurance Companies are divided into three classes, viz. : 
Joint Stock, Mixed, and Mutual. The Joint Stock Company has 
a Capital furnished by subscription as a means of investing sur- 
plus funds, and whatever accumulation of profits occur, they are 
placed to the credit of each Stockholder as a speculation on his 
part. In a Mixed Company, there is a partial division of profits, 
according to the mode fixed for a division of profits among them- 
selves. 

In the Mutual system, all Life Insurers are equally entitled to 
the profits of the Company, in proportion to the amount of prem- 
iums by them respectively paid in; all are entitled to share in 
its management and deliberations, and all stimulated by the 
same interest in securing a successful administration of its affairs. 
It thus presents the strongest inducements to the insurer; and 
whilst it cannot be denied that these features of the Mutual Sys- 
tem have of late years attracted the most favorable consideration 
of the public, it is equally true that the experience of such Com- 
panies, well conducted, shows they have been uniformly and 
eminently successful. 

By reference to the charter of this Company hereunto annex- 
ed, it will be perceived that the privilege is granted to a Husband 
to insure his own life for the benefit of his Wife and Children, 
without any hability to have the amount diverted to the pay- 
ment of any contracts, or debts of his own; and in like manner 
the wife may insure the life of- her husband, subject to the same 
regulations. These are highly important features in our charter, 
which will readily commend themselves to the attention of the 
intelligent reader. This company also gives an annual division 


20 


of profits to all life insurers, and proposes to charge no more for 
insurance than actual cost. The abundant success which has 
attended other companies, based upon similar principles, leaves 
no doubt as to the efliciency of the institution, and also its abil- 
ity promply to discharge all claims accruing against it. 

The North Carelina Company will alse insure the lives of all 
healthy Slaves from a period of from one to five years: but, in 
no case can thelr owners or insurers participate in the profits of 
the company. 

This feature is deemed a most important desederatum to the 
people of Nerth Carolina and adjoming States. It opens a new 
tield of thought to our planters, and other slave owners, and 
proposes to secure them in the possession of that kind of prop- 
erty, which constitutes half of the actual wealth of the State. Its 
ufility has thus far been recognized on all hands; and it is confi- 
dently predicted that the day is not far distant when this spe- 
cles of property will be almost universally under insurance. 

But it ean scarcely be deemed necessary, at this day, to enter 
into an elaborate argument to show the advantages and benefits 
of Lite Insurance. The system speaks for itself. It is known 
hy its fruits, not only in Europe but in this eountry; and its 

sefulness, in the future, must keep pace with the expectations 
{ society and the demands of an enlightened civilization. 


pest 


ANNUAL RATES OF INSURANCE 
Of One Hundred Dollars, on a Single Life, for one year, 
seven years, and for life. 



































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SLAVE PREMIUMS. 


Annual Rates of Insurance of One Hundred Dollars, on the 
Life of a Slave, for one year, and for five years. 








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EATRA RATES OF INSURANCE ON SLA; ° 


Slaves in Coal Pits, 13 per cent. extra. 
Mining, 1 6 
On Railroads, 03 “ & 

Steam Boats, 1 “ ts 
EST RUM ements SHIR NL, cc 
Fishing ie Bek & 66 
Pilot i“ 1 66 6 
Coasting, 1 $6 be 
Hauling Seis, 03 “ tc 
Getting Oysters, 02 “ “é 
Rice Fields, J 66 66 


Rafting, 04 66 66 


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Premiums on One Hundred Dollars for Insuring two Lnves, 
payable when either shall fail. 


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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 


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OF THE 


NORTH OAROLINA 
Mutual Life Insurance Company : 


‘BY-LAWS AND ACT OF INCORPORATION. 


INCORPORATED, JANUARY, 1849, 


PN NO SO 8 eee” 


RALEIGH: 
PRINTED BY SEATON GALES. 





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| CHARLES E. JOHNSON, | 
| WM. D. HAYWOOD, { 
JAMES F. JORDAN, WM. H. JONES, 
PERRIN BUSBEE, 
iH. W. HUSTED, : 
WM. H. McKER, 


DIRECTORS. 


WM. W. HOLDEN, 
WM. D. COOK, 


SEATON GALES, 
F.C, HILL, 
CHARLES B. ROOT, 
WILLIAM R. SCOTT. 


OFFICERS. 
CHARLES E. JOHNSON, President. 


XC WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD, Vice-President. 
\ JAMES F. JORDAN, Seeretary. 


WILLIAM D. COOKE, 
WILLIAM R. SCOTT, Executive Commitee. 
CHARLES B. ROOT, 


CHAS. E. JOHNSON, M. D., ean Rene 


WM. H. McKER, M. D., Baber ayo 


R. B. HAYWOOD, M. D., 

WILLIAM H. McKEE, M. D., Medical Examiner. 
WILLIAM H. JONES, Treasurer. 

PERRIN BUSBEE, Adtorney. 


J. HERSMAN, General Agent. 


Gen cen 





8 AIP ORY. 


Tu following statement willshow the operations and condition. 
of the Company, to the 20th June, 1852. 





Whole No. of Policies issued to 20th June, - - 1,899 
Deduct Policies Cancelled and Expired, - - - 435 
Policies in Force, - - - = = = - = = - 14,464 
Receipts. 
Amounton hand, as perlast Report, - - - - - $46,117 62 
Nett Premiums received to 20th June, - - - - 41,422 12 
Amount of Interest received to 20th June, - - 2,007 8 
$89,547 63 
Disbursements. 

Amoontr Pai: 

White Losses, - - - - - - - $17,000 00 

Slave Losses, - - - - - - - - 5,660 00 


Officers’ Salaries, 

Fees and Commissions to Agents, 

Fees to Physicians, 

Printing, Advertising, and 
Stationery, 

Office Rent and Postage, 


Incidental Expenses, 5,976 22 


$28,636 22 


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$60,911 41 
Assets. 
Prem. Notes drawing 6 per cent. Int. $40,785 21 
Bank Stock and Ind. Bonds, - - 10,971 00 
Amount in hands of Treasurer, - - 6,474 06 


Amount in handsof Agents, - - - 2,681 14 
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(4) 


The Drrecrors of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance 
Company present the foregoing statement as their Third Annual 
Report to the members of the Company. 

By reference to this statement, it will be seen that, whilst 
there has not been a very great increase of business, the accu- 
mulated capital of the Company is amply sufficient, independ- 
ent of the Sound Assurance Principles upon which this Com- 
pany is conducted, to afford a sure guarantee to the Member in 
case of Death. ; 

As it is a matter of no. small importance, that the transac- 
tions of this Company should be well understood by all its 
Members, the Directors take the liberty of calling their attention 

to the last clause of the eleventh section of the By-Laws: This 
Regulation provides that, “If the Premium is paid within 
forty days after it is due, the Party taking the risk of Death 
during the forty days, the Policy will be renewed without Extra 
Charge.” 

They will likewise mention im. this connection, what they 
desire shall be distinctly understood as a settled law of the 
Company, viz: That where a life member forfeits his Policy, 
the Board will, in every case, proceed to collect the Premium 
Note, which has been given in part payment of the Premium. 
The justice of this law is obvious; for, not tomention othersources 
of evil and imposition, which the neglect of it might open upon 
the Company, it would be so strong an inducement for those, 
who had, with the best intentions and purposes, taken out a 
Policy of Insurance for life, to suffer it to expire after a short 
time from mere whim or caprice. 

Upon the subject of Slave Insurance, the Directors have 
again increased the rate of Premium. This has been done 
because, in the opinion of the Directors, the nature of the risk 
and the best interest of the Company require it. 

The Directors have this day declared a dividend of 15 per 
cent. to the life members, who have renewed. their policies prior 
to the first Monday of July. This dividend has been carried 


(5) 


to the credit of each member entitled to it, and will be allowed 
on the Premium Note atthe next annual renewal; or, where 
the whole Premium has been paid in cash, the dividend will be 
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_ Seerron 1.—The Officers of this Company shall consist of a 
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Attorney, and. 
a Medical Board of Consultation, consisting of three. 

Szc. 2.—There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting 
of three, appointed annually from the Board of Directors. 

Src. 3.—The members of this Company shall hold a meeting 
annually, for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors, on 
the first Monday in July in each year, at the Office of the Com- 
pany. 

Sec. 4.—The President shall preside at all Meetings of the 
Board of Directors, sign all Policies of Insurance, call! special 
Meetings of the Board of Directors, when he shall deem the 
same necessary, or when requested in writing, signed by three 
Directors, and exercise a general superintendence over the affairs 
of the Company ; and in his absence the Vice-President shall 
discharge the same duties. 

Sec. 5.—The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceed- 
ings of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and of the 
Company ; preserve the Premium Notes and Applications ; shall 
keep a General and Termination Register ; a Journal and Led- 
ger; a Book of Alienations and Surrenders ; he shall collect all 
assessments that may be made, and once in thirty days pay over 
to the Treasurer all monies in his hands belonging to the Com- 
pany, and take his receipt for the same. It shall be his duty to 
give notice of the election of Directors, as provided in the Act 
of Incorporation. He shall give a bond, with such sureties as 
the Executive Committee shall approve, in the penal sum of five 
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his 
duty as Secretary. | 

Sec. 6.—The Treasurer shall have the care of all the money 
belonging to the Company, and shall keep a correct account of 


(8) 


all receipts and disbursements. All payments by the Treasurer 
shall be made upon warrant from the President, attested by 
the Secretary ; and such payment, so attested, shall be a good 
and. sufficient voucher for the Treasurer in the settlement of 
his account. He shall give a bond to the Company, to be ap- 
proved by the Executive Committee, in the penal sum of ten 
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his 
duty as Treasurer. He shall render an account of his trust, 
when required by the Board or Executive Committee. 

Sec. 7.—The Executive Committee shall audit all accounts 
presented for payment, and possess the power to transact the 
business of the Company in the absence of the Board of Direc- 
tors, agreeably to such rules and regulations as may from time 
to time be adopted by the Board; may, in their discretion, give 
the consent of the Company to any member who may wish to 
exceed the limits of travel prescribed in the Policy, and such con- 
sent shall be signed by the President and attested by the Sec- 
retary; shall examine all applications for Insurance, and, if 
approved, the Secretary shall issue a policy thereon. 

Szc. 8.—Persons proposing for Insurance shall fill the appli- 
cation blanks furnished by the Company; the party to be in- 
sured must be examined by the Family Physician of the party 
and a Medical Examiner of the Company, and, previous to be- 
ing insured, deposite his application and Premium Note, if 
any, with the Secretary of said Company: and, if approved by 
tne Hxecutive Committee, the Policy shall bear date with such 
approval, and take effect at noon of that day. The Company 
will not, however, be held responsible to the party applying for 
Insurance, should he die before his application is approved by 
the Hxecutive Committee. 

sxc. 9.—Premium on Policies for Life, for thirty dollars or 
over, per annum, may be paid as follows, viz: One half in cash, 
and one half in a note, at twelve months, bearing interest at six 
per cent. per annum. Premium onall Policies fora less period 


han the duration of life, shall be paid in cash. The applicant 


(9) 


will, in all cases, pay one dollar for Policy and one dollar for 
Application. 

Suc. 10.—Parties insured at the table rates of Premium are: 
not allowed to pass South of the southern boundary of South 
Carolina and Tennessee, nor West of the Mississippi River, 
between the 15th of June, and the 15th of October, without the- 
written consent of the Company, but, between the 15th sof 
October, and the 15th of June, may reside or travel in any part 
of the United States, (California, and the Territories of the 
United States excepted,) or within the settled limits of the 
British Provinces of the Canadas, Nova Scotia and New 
Brunswick. Mail routes by sea, between ports lying in those: 
portions of the United States not excepted above, may be: 
travelled without forfeiture of Policy. 

Szc. 11.—A party neglecting to settle his annual premium.. 
‘to pay the per centage when called for by the Directors, within 
forty days after it is due, or to pay assessments, when called 
for, within forty days, shall forfeit all the interest he has in the 
Policy; also, in case the party shall exceed the limits prescrib- 
ed.in the Policy for residence, or travel upon the seas, without 
the written consent of the Company, and shall die in conse- 
quence thereof, or shall die by the hands of justice, or in an 
attempt to violate any law of the land where he may happen 
to be, or in a duel, or from drunkenness, or by his own hand, 
{except in case of insanity, whereof written notice has been 
previously given to the Company, or where it is clearly proven 
to have existed,) or if the party enters into any military or na- 
val service (the militia not in actual service excepted,) he shall 
forfeit his Policy, all monies paid, and all profits due thereon. 
If the premium is paid within forty days after it is due (the par- 
ty taking the risk of the death during the forty dags,) the Policy 
will be renewed without extra charge. 

Szc. 12.—Within forty days from the first Monday in July, 
in each year, a Statement or Annual Report of the affairs of the 
Company shall be made out by the Secretary, and an Annual 


(10) 


Dividend of the profits shall be made, when all Policies for Life, 
which have been renewed prior to said Dividend, and then in 
force, shall have their per centage of profits carried to their cre- 
dit; and all parties insured, whose Policies have been renewed 
as aforesaid, shall receive a notice, signed by the President and 
attested by the Secretary, of such profits, which shall be de- 
dagcted from the amount of their Premium Notes at the next 
annual renewal, or, in case of cash payments, allowed as such at 
the next annual renewal. In ease of the death of any member, 
the amount then standing to his or her credit shall be paid over 
to the representatives of said party, after deducting all indebt- 
edness to the Company. 

Sze. 13.—All claims for Insurance against the Company shall 
be paid within ninety days after due notice and proof of the 
death of the party ; all indebtedness to the Company upon said 
Policy to be deducted. 

Sec. 14—The funds of this Company shall, with the éxception 
of what may, in the judgment of the President, Treasurer, and 
Secretary, be reserved for contingencies, be invested from time 
to time, by said Officers, in behalf of the Company, in Stock of 
any of the Banks of this State, in United States’ Government 
Stock, or in State Bonds of North Carolina, or in individual se- 
curities; Provided, That no loan shall be made to any Director, 
Officer, or Agent of the Company, nor the name of any Director, 
Officer, or Agent taken as surety on any bond for such loan. 

Sec. 15.—It shall be thed uty ofthe Board of Directors, at each 
Annual Meeting, to set apart such amount for the contingent 
or reserved fund, as shall, in their judgment, be deemed best 
for the interest and welfare of the Company. 

Src. 16.—The Board of Directors, or the Executive Commit- 
tee, may appoint as many Agents as they may deem necessary 
for the better management of the affairs of this Company ; and 
such agents shall, if required, give bonds to the Company, with 
such sureties as the Executive Committee shall approve, in the 


(11) 


penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful 
discharge of the duties of their office. 

Szc. 17.—Slaves may be insured by their owners, or others 
interested, for two-thirds of their value only, for a term not ex- 
ceeding five years; and the Insurance on slaves shall be gox- 
erned by the above rules and conditions, adopted for the regu- 
lation of this Company. But slaves are not allowed to travel 
_beyond the limits prescribed by the Policy. 

Sec. 18.—Ifa Policy is assigned, notice to be given the Com- 
pany, and the party to whom the Policy is transferred must sign 
all Premium Notes with the insured. 

_ Sec. 19.—The Company will decline all applications for In- 
surance on persons whose pulse is uniformly over ninety. 





CHAR TEI. 


An Act to Incorporate a Mutual Life Insurance 
Company in the State of North Carolina. 








1. Be a enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
the same, That John WH. Manly, Henry W. Miller, Perrin Bus- 
bee, H. W. Husted, William H. McKee, William W. Holden, 
William D. Cooke, William H. Jones, James F. Jordan, Charles 
B. Root, Charles E. Johnson, William D. Haywood, William R. 
Scott, and others, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall 
be and are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic 
and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of the Norra 
Carotina Mutuat Lire Insurance Company, to be located at 
such a place in the City of Raleigh, as shall be designated by a 
majority of the Company present at any reg ular meeting, and 
by that name, they and their successors shall and may have 
succession during the continuance of this Act, and shall be 
capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, 
answering and being answered unto, defending and being 
defended, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters 
and causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may 
have a common seal, and may alter and change the same at 
pleasure. And, also, that they and their successors, by the 
‘ name of the “ North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company,” 
shall be, in law, capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying, 
any estate, real or personal, for the use of said Corporation. 

2. Bert further enacted, That all persons who shall, at any 
time hereafter, insure in or with the Corporation, shall, while 
they continue so insured, be deemed and taken as Members of 
the said Corporation; and that the property and concerns of 
the said Corporation shall be managed by thirteen Directors, all 


(13) 


of whom shall be citizens of this State, to be chosen annually, 
py and from among the members, and shall hold their office for 
one year, and until others are chosen; and that a meeting of 
the members of the Corporation shall be held annually, for the 
purpose of electing a Board of Directors, at such time and 
place, in the City of Raleigh, as the Corporation, in its By-Laws, 
shall appoint; of which election, public notice shall be given 
in at least one of the Public Newspapers printed in said City, 
at least thirty days preceding such election; and such election 
shall be made by ballot, and a plurality of the votes of the 
members present, allowing to each member one vott for every 
oné hundred dollars insured in said Company. And if any of 
the said Directors shall die, refuse to serve, or neglect to act in 
their said office for the space of two months, then, and in every 
such case, the remaining Directors shall have power to fill such 
vacancies, until the next annual meeting. 

do. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
the said Corporation to insure their respective lives, and to 
make all and every Insurance appertaining to, or connected 
with Life risks, of whatsoever kind or nature, as well of the 
sound in health as the infirm or invalid. 

4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any mar- 
ried woman, by herself, and in her own name, or in the name of 
any third person, with his assent, as her Trustee, to cause to be 
insured, for her sole use, the life of her husband, for any definite 
period, or for the time of-his natural life; and in case of sur- 
viving her husband, the same, or nett amount of the Insurance 
becoming payable to her, to and for her own use, free from the 
claims of the representatives of her husband, or any of his 
creditors. 

5. Be tt further enacted, That the husband may insure his 
own life for the sole use and benefit of his wife and children ; 
and, in case of the death of the husband, the amount thus 
insured shall be paid over to the wife and children, or their 
guardian, if under age, for her or their own use, free from al! 


(14) 


the claims of the representatives of the husband, or any of his 
creditors. 

6. Beit further enacted, That the Directors, for the time being, 
or a majority of them, shall have power to make and prescribe 
such By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations, as to them shall appear 
needful and proper, for the management and disposition of the 
stock, property, estate, and effects of the said Corporation, and 
for all such matters as appertain to the businsss thereof; and 
shall have power to appoint such Officers, Clerk, and Agents, for 
carrying on the business of the Corporation, as they may select, 
with such allowances as to them shall appear just and satisfac- 
tory: Provided, That such By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations, 
shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or Laws.of the United 
States, or of this State. 

7. Be it further enacted, 'Thatno Policy shall be issued by this 
Corporation, until application shall be made for Insurance for 
Fifty Thousand Dollars, at least. 

8. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall continue in force 
for fifty years. 

9, Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect 
immediately after its ratification. 


PROOFS OF LOSS REQUIRED. 





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A certificate of the Physician who attended the party in his 
last illness, stating particularly the nature of the disease, its 
duration, and the time he died. 

A certificate of a friend or intimate acquaintance, stating how 
long he was sick, and that he was present during his illness, or 
at his death, and that he is knowing to his death. 

A certificate of the Undertaker, or Sexton, who attended the 
funeral of the party, and saw his remains interred. ) 

These several certificates must be sworn or affirmed to, before 
a magistrate, or some one empowered to administer an oath or 
affirmation. 


ae ce ay pes Wee ti, 





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When it is a wife’s policy on.the life of her husband, or of a 
party insuring the life of another, or in case of an assigned 
policy, a receipt on the policy is sufficient, from the parties 
holding such policies. But when a party insures his own life, 
in case of loss, the insurance must be collected by an Executor 
or Administrator, legally authorized to settle the estate, and the 
policy must be surrendered, receipted by the Hxecutor or 


Administrator. 
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‘Until within a few years past, Life Insurance in this country 
“was not known, except through the agencies of a few European 
‘Companies in our populous cities; and the first attempt to es- 
tablish such Companies in this country was regarded as an in- 
Tyingement upon the decrees of that Superintending Provi- 
dence, which hath “appointed unto all men oxce to die.” Many 
supposed that, bemg unwilling to confide our doctrines to the 
Supreme Ruler of the Universe, we were about to transfer the 
safety of human life to the keeping of our fellow men. 

lt has by some been doubted whether any thing like an accu- 
rate calculation of the mean duration of life can be made; and 
that any attempt to base the chances of success upon theaverage 
bills of mortality, would be exceedingly unsafe. In this opinion, 
however candidly entertained, there is a decided error. Theex- 
perience of an accurate observation of nearly two hundred years 
has proved that it is possible to make a calculation of human 
life, which will not in that time vary 6 per cent. 

The first table made in England, showing the expectation of 
life at various ages, was by Dr. Price, from observations of the 
Bills of Mortality in Northampton ; and, fifty years subsequent 
to this time, the Carlisle table was made by Joshua Milne, from 
observations of Dr. Heysham of Carlisle ; this was from 1779 to 
1787. 

The decrements of life in these tables differ very materially . 
the Northampton is much greater than the Carlisle. This dis- 
crepancy can readily be reconciled, by taking into account the 
difference in the location of the two places. The Northampton 
District is decidedly unhealthy, while the Carlisle has always 
been regarded as one of the most healthy Districts in England. 

The Northampton tables make the whole number of persons 
«mbraced in their calculations become extinct at the age of 96 





(17) 


and the Carlisle at 104. Various other tabular views of the 
bills of mortality have been compiled in various districts of Kn- 
gland, and on the European Continent, by men of deep research ; 
and an immense amount of facts have thus been given to the 
world, which have formed the basis of the law of average of 
human life, and the value of annuities, and a correct scale or tar- 
iff of Premiums on Life Insurance. 

Life Insurance only guarantees the laws of average; it is not 
founded on the calculation whether death will or will not_hap- 
pen. Death is inevitably the fate ofall men. Every person 
born must die; but most live through a series of years, and the 
law of average and duration of human life is reduced almost to 
an exact science, and furnishes a data upon which to base the 
operations of a Life Insurance Company, without subjecting it 
to any contingency which can impair its ability to meet its los- 
ses. In this respect, itis very different from all other species 
of Insurance. The Insurer of a number of houses does not 
know whether a fire shall occur among his risks or not. ? The 
Underwriter for the vessel which leaveson a distant voyage, 
does not know whether the elements shall be prosperous for 
the safety of the noble bark, or otherwise. The Health Insurer 
does not know whether his subject shall continue well, or be 
taken sick. There is no positive data upon which to base the 
calculations of success in Companies of this kind; but, in Life 
Insurance, death is regarded as a fixed fact—‘‘ dust thou art, 
and unto dust thou shalt return’’—and all the calculations are 
made in view of the final drama of human life. 

_ Among the different tables in use with Insurance Companies, 

the Carlisle seems to be the favorite. Its calculations are found 
to apply with exceeding minuteness to the present experience 
of Insurance Companies in the middle States of our Union, and 
all that have adopted it seem to be doing a safe and profitable 
business. . 

Life Insurance Companies are divided into three classes, viz : 
Joint Stock, Mixed, and Mutual. The Joint Stock Company 

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(18) 


has a Capital furnished by subscription as a means of invest- 
ing surplus funds, and whatever accumulation of profits occur, 
they are placed to the credit of each Stockholder as a specula- 
tion on his part. In a Mixed Company, there is a a partial 
division of profits, according to the mode fixed for a division of 
profits among themselves. 

In the Mutual system, all Life Insurers are equally entitled to 
the profits of the Company, in proportion to the amount of prem- 
iums by them respectively paid in; all are entitled to share in 
its management and deliberations, and all stimulated by the 
same interest in securing a successful administration of its af- 
fairs. Itthus presents the strongest inducements to the insurer ; 
and whilst it cannot be denied that these features of the Mutual 
System have of late years attracted the most favorable consid- 
eration of the public, it is equally true that the experience of 
such Companies, well conducted, shows they have been uniform- 
ly and eminently successful. 

By reference to the charter of this Company hereunto annex- 
ed, it will be perceived that the privilege is granted to a Hus 
band to insure his own life for the benefit of his Wife and Chil- 
dren, without any liability to have the amount diverted to the 
payment of any contracts, or debts of his own ; and in like man- 
ner the wife may insure the life of her husband, subject to the 
same regulations. These are highly important features in our 
character, which will readily commend themselves to the atten- 
tion of the intelligent reader. This company also gives an an- 
nual division of profits to all life insurers, and proposes to charge 
no more for insurance than actual cost. The abundant success 
which has attended other companies, based upon similar prin- 
ciples, leaves no doubt as to the efficiency of the institution, 
and also its ability promptly to discharge all claims accruing 
against it. 

The North Carolina Company will also insure the lives of all 
healthy Slaves from a period of one to five years: but, in no case 
can their owners or insurers participate in the profits of the 
company, 


(19 ) 


This feature is deemed a most important desideratum to the 
people of North Carolina and adjoining States. Itopens a new 
field of thought to our planters, and other slave owners, and 
proposes to secure them in the possession of that kind of prop- 
erty, which constitutes half of the actual wealth of the State.— 
Its utility has thus far been recognized on all hands; and it is 
confidently predicted that the day is not far distant when this 
species of property will be almost universally under insurance. 

But it can scarcely be deemed necessary, at this day, to enter 
into an elaborate argument to show the advantages and benefits 
of Life Insurance. The system speaks for itself. It is known 
by its fruits, not only in Europe but in this country; and its 
usefulness, in the future, must keep pace with the expectations 
of society and the demands of an enlightened civilization. 


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a RISER oS DIR a, 
CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS. 

The crowded state of our columns this week 
prevents as from inserting the pr patie of the 
new Board of Commissioners, entire. 

Messrs. Wm. Dallas Haywood, [atendant; E. B. 
Freeman, Jno. Pritnrose, TV. R. Fentress, S: W- 
Whiting, Eldridge Smith, Commissioners, and B. B. 
Smith, elerk, were present at the meeting. 

The application of Col. Exulward Yarborough to 
be recommended. to the ensuing County Court for 
a tavern license t6 Fetail spiritaous liquers. (recom-~ 
mended by Perrin’ Busbee, W. H tf Tucker, J. 
T. Marriott, Quentin Buspee, G. W. Hay wood, 
aud W Hi. Jones,) was granted. 

The application of Joha Kane to be recommendea 
for ligense to retail, was Jaid on the table till the 
next meeting, to be held on the 15th instant. 

The following persons, viz; Seth Tayler, FV. D. 
Bagwell, § W. Winkiams,>. Beasley, Albert Sor- 
rell, John B. Sugg, Henderson Sinith and Alse 
ale s, likewise applied for similar recommenda= 
tions, but the Board refused to increase the number, 
and the apolications were aceordingly rejected. 

lasterd of paying out fitty dollars a year to an 
individasal to wind ap the City Clock, on motion Mr 
Murry was insirucied to perform that duty. 

‘Yhememorial of P. F. Peseud, Esq. claiming 
his seat as Commissioner elect of the, Eastern 
Ward, and demanding to be qualified, being read 
and respectfully considered the Board refused te 
accede to his ce 


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FIR —ALMOST. 

On Thursday night last the Staple of ©. W. D. 
alg a Esq. of this city was discovered to be 
on fire, Sut was immediately extinguished: before 
lany damage had been done. It appeared to have 


been receatly kindled in the  borse-trough with - 


lightwood sptinters—evidently the work of an ine 
hen » A tree-negro has been arrested on suse 
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\ HOMICIDE. ) 
On Thursday night last, George Fowler | 
was stabbed at the house of Winnifred Ay- 
nold, in the suburbs of this city, and fell dead | 
in his yard, after having walked home, a | 
distance of about 300 yards. ‘The nextday | 
a jury ofingquest was held cover the decens- 
ed, and brought in a verdict that Fowler | 
‘came to his death by blows inflicted on 
_ his body with a knife by C. ©. Scott,” who 
| had been arrested and lodged i in. jail. On 
Saturday an examination was had before a 
| called Court, consisting of Win. Dallas May- 
wood, Wm.’Thompson and C. B. Root, 
_ Esquires, when the prisoner was refused bail 
| and committed for trial at our next Superior | 
Court. We forbear entering into partieu- 
lars,as the matter has to cuncetee fudge: 
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TOTICE is hereby given, that an application 
will be made to the next Legislature of North | 
Caroler on behalf of the Commissioners: of the 
City of Ses eh for samguain ght to the Ronee 


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SAPS sociated “W.D. HAYWOOD. 
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